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Last active December 11, 2021 19:56
Download a weather dataset from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC, http://www .ncdc.noaa.gov/). Prepare it for examples of "Hadoop: The Definitive Guide" book by Tom White. http://www.amazon.com/Hadoop-Definitive-Guide-Tom-White/dp/1449311520 Usage: ./ncdc.sh 1901 1930 # download wheather datasets for period from 1901 to 1930.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# global parameters
g_tmp_folder="ncdc_tmp";
g_output_folder="ncdc_data";
g_remote_host="ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov";
g_remote_path="pub/data/noaa";