[HDFS-2833] Add GETMERGE operation to httpfs

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.1
• Assignee: Alejandro Abdelnur
• Reporter: Alejandro Abdelnur
• Created: 24/Jan/12 18:58
• Updated: 18/Apr/12 18:59
• Resolved: 18/Apr/12 18:59

Description

Add to a convenience operation GETMERGE to httpfs.

This will simplify for external system accessing over HTTP to consume the output of an MR job a single stream.

It would have the same semantics as the 'hadoop fs -getmerge' command.