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hdfs.exists

Verifies that a file exists in HDFS.

Usage

hdfs.exists(
        dfs.id)

Arguments

dfs.id

The name of a file in HDFS. The file name can include a path that is either absolute or relative to the current path.

Usage Notes

If this function returns TRUE, then you can attach the data and use it in a hadoop.run function. You can also use this function to validate an HDFS identifier and ensure that the data exists.

Return Value

TRUE if the identifier is valid and the data exists, or FALSE if the object is not found

See Also

is.hdfs.id

Example

This example shows that the ontime_R file exists.

R> hdfs.exists("ontime_R")
[1] TRUE