title: How do I read Snappy compressed files on HDFS without using Hadoop?
body: <p>I'm storing files on HDFS in Snappy compression format. I'd like to be able to examine these files on my local Linux file system to make sure that the Hadoop process that created them has performed correctly. </p>
  
  <p>When I copy them locally and attempt to de-compress them with the Google standard libarary, it tells me that the file is missing the Snappy identifier. When I try to go around this by inserting a Snappy identifier, it messes up the checksum.</p>
  
  <p>What can I do to read these files without having to write a separate Hadoop program or pass it through something like Hive?</p>