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How many files will be processed by the FileInputFormat.setInputPaths () command when it’s given a path object representing this directory?

You have a directory named jobdata in HDFS that contains four files: _first.txt, second.txt, .third.txt and #data.txt.

How many files will be processed by the FileInputFormat.setInputPaths () command when it’s given a path object representing this directory?
A . Four, all files will be processed
B . Three, the pound sign is an invalid character for HDFS file names
C . Two, file names with a leading period or underscore are ignored
D . None, the directory cannot be named jobdata
E . One, no special characters can prefix the name of an input file

Answer: C

Explanation:

Files starting with ‘_’ are considered ‘hidden’ like unix files starting with ‘.’.

# characters are allowed in HDFS file names.

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