How to get absolute path for directory in hadoop

Question

I have created a directory in hadoop and copied a file to that directory.

Now i want to create external hive table which will refer the above created file.

Is there way we can find out the root dir, under which prvys dir was created.

Answer 1

By default, hadoop fs -ls will look at /user/$(whoami)

If you echo that path, then -ls it, you should find the prvys directory. For example, hdfs:///user/liftadmin/

If you're using Kerberos, then the user directory depends on the ticket you've initialized the session with