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hdfs.mkdir

Creates a subdirectory in HDFS relative to the current working directory.

Usage

hdfs.mkdir(
        dfs.name,
        cd)

Arguments

dfs.name

Name of the new directory.

cd

TRUE to change the current working directory to the new subdirectory, or FALSE to keep the current working directory (default).

Return Value

Full path of the new directory as a string, or NULL if the directory was not created

Example

This example creates the /user/oracle/sample directory.

R> hdfs.mkdir('sample', cd=T)
[1] "/user/oracle/sample"
attr(,"dfs.path")
[1] TRUE