Run a Local file system directory as input of a Mapper in cluster

Question

I gave an input to the mapper from a local filesystem.It is running successfully from eclipse,But not running from the cluster as it is unable to find the local input path s

Answer 1

Try setting the input path like this

FileInputFormat.addInputPath(conf, new Path(file:///the directory on your local filesystem));

if you give the file extension, it can access files from the localsystem