private InputStream OpenMultiplePartsWithOffset(FileSystem fs, Path pt, long offset)
      throws IOException {
    RemoteIterator<LocatedFileStatus> rit = fs.listFiles(pt, false);
    Vector<FSDataInputStream> fileHandleList = new Vector<FSDataInputStream>();
    while (rit.hasNext()) {
      Path path = rit.next().getPath();
      String filename =
          path.toString().substring(path.getParent().toString().length(), path.toString().length());

      if (filename.startsWith("/part-")) {
        long filesize = fs.getFileStatus(path).getLen();
        if (offset < filesize) {
          FSDataInputStream handle = fs.open(path);
          if (offset > 0) {
            handle.seek(offset);
          }
          fileHandleList.add(handle);
        }
        offset -= filesize;
      }
    }
    if (fileHandleList.size() == 1) return fileHandleList.get(0);
    else if (fileHandleList.size() > 1) {
      Enumeration<FSDataInputStream> enu = fileHandleList.elements();
      return new SequenceInputStream(enu);
    } else {
      System.err.println("Error, no source file loaded. run genSeedDataset.sh fisrt!");
      return null;
    }
  }
  /**
   * Returns the status of a given cache file on hdfs.
   *
   * @param conf configuration
   * @param cache cache file
   * @return FileStatus object of the file
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public static FileStatus getFileStatus(Configuration conf, URI cache) throws IOException {
    FileSystem fileSystem = FileSystem.get(cache, conf);
    Path filePath = new Path(cache.getPath());

    return fileSystem.getFileStatus(filePath);
  }
  /**
   * Returns mtime of a given cache file on hdfs.
   *
   * @param conf configuration
   * @param cache cache file
   * @return mtime of a given cache file on hdfs
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public static long getTimestamp(Configuration conf, URI cache) throws IOException {
    FileSystem fileSystem = FileSystem.get(cache, conf);
    Path filePath = new Path(cache.getPath());

    return fileSystem.getFileStatus(filePath).getModificationTime();
  }