title: Can I run Hadoop streaming applications without setting up HDFS?
body: <p>Can I run a Hadoop streaming application without setting up HDFS?  I'd like to test a Hadoop streaming application on my local machine.  In particular I'm trying to follow the instructions for <a href="http://www.michael-noll.com/tutorials/writing-an-hadoop-mapreduce-program-in-python/" rel="nofollow">this tutorial</a> but, instead of specifying a path on the DFS for inputs/outputs I'd like to specify a local path.</p>
  
  <p>The help page for the hadoop-streaming.jar states that the <code>-input/-output</code> values are on the DFS.  Am I missing an option somewhere?</p>