Writing output to different folders hadoop

Question

1. I want to write two different types of output from the same reducer, into two different directories.

I am able to use multipleoutputs feature in hadoop

Answer 1

Yes you can specify that a input format only processes certain files:

FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, "/path/to/folder/testfile*");

If you do amend the code, remember the _SUCCESS file should be written to both folders upon successful job completion - while this isn't a requirement, it is a machanism by which someone can determine if the output in that folder is complete, and not 'truncated' because of an error.