title: Is it possible to import data into Hive table without copying the data
body: <p>I have log files stored as text in HDFS. When I load the log files into a Hive table, all the files are copied.</p>
  
  <p>Can I avoid having all my text data stored twice?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I load it via the following command</p>
  
  <pre><code>LOAD DATA INPATH '/user/logs/mylogfile' INTO TABLE `sandbox.test` PARTITION (day='20130221')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then, I can find the exact same file in:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/user/hive/warehouse/sandbox.db/test/day=20130220
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I assumed it was copied.</p>