How to overwrite/reuse the existing output path for Hadoop jobs again and agian

Question

I want to overwrite/reuse the existing output directory when I run my Hadoop job daily. Actually the output directory will store summarized output of each day\'s job run results

Answer 1

You can create an output subdirectory for each execution by time. For example lets say you are expecting output directory from user and then set it as follows:

FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(args[1]);

Change this by the following lines:

String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss", Locale.US).format(new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis()));
FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(args[1] + "/" + timeStamp));