dfs ${system:test.dfs.mkdir} hdfs:///tmp/temp_table_external; dfs -copyFromLocal ../../data/files/in1.txt hdfs:///tmp/temp_table_external/; dfs -ls hdfs:///tmp/temp_table_external/; create temporary external table temp_table_external (c1 int, c2 int) location 'hdfs:///tmp/temp_table_external'; select * from temp_table_external; -- Even after we drop the table, the data directory should still be there drop table temp_table_external; dfs -ls hdfs:///tmp/temp_table_external/; dfs -rmr hdfs:///tmp/temp_table_external;