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# hdfs.size

Returns the size of a file in HDFS.

Usage

    hdfs.size(
            dfs.id,
            units)

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.

units

  Specifies a unit of measurement for the return value:

  - `KB` (kilobytes)

  - `MB` (megabytes)

  - `GB` (gigabytes)

  - `TB` (terabytes)

  - `PB` (petabytes)

  The unit defaults to bytes if you omit the argument or enter an unknown value.

Usage Notes

Use this interface to determine, for instance, whether you can copy the contents of an entire HDFS file into local R memory or a local file, or if you can only sample the data while creating a prototype of your R calculation.

Return Value

Size of the object, or `0` if the object does not exist in HDFS

Example

This example returns a file size for ontime_R of 999,839 bytes.

    R> hdfs.size("ontime_R")
    [1] 999839