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Comment: add version and jira information; mention the hivevar & define options

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For general information about Hive command line options, see Hive CLI.

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titleVersion information

The hiveconf option was added in version 0.7.0 (JIRA HIVE-1096). Version 0.8.0 added the options define and hivevar (JIRA HIVE-2020), which are equivalent and are not described here. They create custom variables in a namespace that is separate from the hiveconf, system, and env namespaces.

Using Variables

There are three namespaces for variables – hiveconf, system, and env. The hiveconf variables are set as normal:

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