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Nevaeh Joiner
@joinernevaeh 14, Jun 2023 12:00 AM
access subdirectories recursively
How can we access the subdirectories recursively?
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Jose Grimsbro
@josegrimsbro 21, Jun 2023 12:33 PM
By using the below commands, we can access subdirectories recursively in Hive:
hive> Set mapred.input.dir.recursive=true;
hive> Set hive.mapred.supports.subdirectories=true;
Hive tables can be pointed to the higher level directory, and this is suitable for the directory structure:
/data/country/state/city/