sqoop-import-all-tables(1)
==========================

NAME
----
sqoop-import-all-tables - Import a set of table from an RDBMS to HDFS

SYNOPSIS
--------
'sqoop-import-all-tables' <generic-options> <tool-options>

'sqoop import-all-tables' <generic-options> <tool-options>


DESCRIPTION
-----------

include::../user/import-all-tables-purpose.txt[]

OPTIONS
-------

The +--connect+ option is required.

include::common-args.txt[]

Import control options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--as-avrodatafile::
  Imports data to Avro Data Files

--as-sequencefile::
  Imports data to SequenceFiles

--as-textfile::
  Imports data as plain text (default)

--direct::
  Use direct import fast path (mysql only)

--direct-split-size (n)::
  Split the input stream every 'n' bytes when importing in direct mode.

--inline-lob-limit (n)::
  Set the maximum size for an inline LOB

-m::
--num-mappers (n)::
  Use 'n' map tasks to import in parallel

--warehouse-dir (dir)::
  Tables are uploaded to the HDFS path +/warehouse/dir/(tablename)/+

--compress::
-z::
  Uses gzip (or, alternatively, the codec specified by +\--compression-codec+,
  if set) to compress data as it is written to HDFS

--compression-codec (codec)::
  Uses the Hadoop +codec+ class to compress data as it is written to HDFS.


include::output-args.txt[]

include::input-args.txt[]

include::hive-args.txt[]

Code generation options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--bindir (dir)::
  Output directory for compiled objects

--class-name (name)::
  Sets the name of the class to generate. By default, classes are
  named after the table they represent. Using this parameters
  ignores +--package-name+.

--jar-file (filename)::
  Disable code generation; use specified jar

--outdir (dir)::
  Output directory for generated code

--package-name (package)::
  Puts auto-generated classes in the named Java package


Database-specific options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Additional arguments may be passed to the database manager
after a lone '--' on the command-line.

In MySQL direct mode, additional arguments are passed directly to
mysqldump.

ENVIRONMENT
-----------

See 'sqoop(1)'

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