You can specify files & archives that have to be copied to nodes before executing the job: > The -files and -archives options allow you to make files and archi

You can specify files & archives that have to be copied to nodes before executing the job: > The -files and -archives options allow you to make files and archives available to the tasks. The argument is a URI to the file or archive that you have already uploaded to HDFS. http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/HadoopStreaming.html#Working_with_Large_Files_and_Archives http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-mapreduce-clien...