How to Import the complete directory into HDFS

Question

Could you please help me with the following: How to  Import the complete directory into HDFS into a folder?

Answer 1

First, need to create a directory in Hadoop:

$ hdfs dfs -mkdir New

 then we have to execute the below command,

$ hdfs dfs -put <directory_name_which_is_in_local_file_system> <directory_name_in_hdfs_to_which_we_want_to_transfer_the_directory>