Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 84849 invoked from network); 6 Aug 2009 20:50:58 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Aug 2009 20:50:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 5822 invoked by uid 500); 6 Aug 2009 20:51:05 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 5743 invoked by uid 500); 6 Aug 2009 20:51:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact hdfs-user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 5734 invoked by uid 99); 6 Aug 2009 20:51:04 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:51:04 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.221.188] (HELO mail-qy0-f188.google.com) (209.85.221.188) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:50:55 +0000 Received: by qyk26 with SMTP id 26so1128984qyk.5 for ; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:50:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.54.129 with SMTP id q1mr434926qag.299.1249591834458; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:50:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <39b8a1260908041210m2469791dgc21f9a59b68ccb64@mail.gmail.com> References: <39b8a1260908041210m2469791dgc21f9a59b68ccb64@mail.gmail.com> From: Aaron Kimball Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:50:14 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HDFS and cygwin To: hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hadoop requires a reasonable cygwin environment. bash, du, whoami, and the various coreutils and fileutils are all required. - Aaron On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Zachary Gorden w= rote: > While trying to use hadoop as a HDFS datanode on Windows, I ran into it > trying to use DU and excepting because it couldn't find it.=A0 The Hadoop= FAQ > claims that one can run Hadoop in just the Windows command prompt.=A0 Doe= s > HDFS have different constraints/need other stuff in order to actually mak= e > use of Cygwin? >