I want to move files around in HDFS using the Java APIs. I cannot figure out a way to do this. The FileSystem class only seems to want to allow moving to and from the local file system.. but I want to keep them in HDFS and move them there.
Am I missing something basic? The only way I can figure to do it is to read it from the input stream and write it back out… and then delete the old copy (yuck).
thanks
Best Answer
Use FileSystem.rename():