forqlift 0.8.0 (alpha!): direct HDFS interaction

Posted May 31st, 2011 by Administrator and filed in forqlift
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forqlift 0.8.0 is hot off the presses!

Well, it may be a little half-baked, still. This release contains an experimental new feature, which is why I label it alpha-quality. With enough feedback I may upgrade this release to “stable.”

In short: the feature is direct access to HDFS. That means you can write SequenceFiles to, and read them from, HDFS without the intermediate upload/download step.

Details are available on the forqlift download page. If you’re inclined to help test this functionality, please download forqlift 0.8.0 and try it out!

new forqlift on the way

Posted May 27th, 2011 by Administrator and filed in forqlift
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Expect a forqlift update within the next day or two.

forqlift 0.7.1: subtle UI improvements

Posted March 30th, 2011 by Administrator and filed in forqlift
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forqlift version 0.7.1 includes some mild UI enhancements, plus some more adjustments in the back-end code.

You can snag it from the download page. Enjoy!

forqlift 0.7.0: faster archive translations

Posted January 30th, 2011 by Administrator and filed in forqlift
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Hot on the heels of version 0.6, we now have forqlift version 0.7.0! This version shows improved performance in translating SequenceFiles to and from other archive formats such as zip, tar, tar.bz2, and tar.gz (aka the toarchive and fromarchive commands).

Why not go download the new forqlift and try it out?

forqlift 0.6 has arrived!

Posted January 25th, 2011 by Administrator and filed in forqlift
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forqlift 0.6 includes some bug fixes, as well as the much-sought-after EXAMPLES.txt file promised last time around.

Hit up the download page to grab some forqlift action. Get it while it’s hot!