func appendToRemoteFile(fs *gowfs.FileSystem, localFile, hdfsPath string) { stat, err := fs.GetFileStatus(gowfs.Path{Name: hdfsPath}) if err != nil { log.Fatal("Unable to get file info for ", hdfsPath, ":", err.Error()) } shell := gowfs.FsShell{FileSystem: fs} _, err = shell.AppendToFile([]string{localFile}, hdfsPath) if err != nil { log.Fatal("AppendToFile() failed: ", err.Error()) } stat2, err := fs.GetFileStatus(gowfs.Path{Name: hdfsPath}) if err != nil { log.Fatal("Something went wrong, unable to get file info:", err.Error()) } if stat2.Length > stat.Length { log.Println("AppendToFile() for ", hdfsPath, " OK.") ls(fs, hdfsPath) } else { log.Fatal("AppendToFile failed. File size for ", hdfsPath, " expected to be larger.") } }