public static void recursePath(Configuration conf, Path path, Job job) {
   try {
     FileSystem fs = path.getFileSystem(conf);
     FileStatus[] fstats = fs.listStatus(path);
     if (fstats != null) {
       for (FileStatus f : fstats) {
         Path p = f.getPath();
         ;
         if (fs.isFile(p)) {
           // connection times out otherwise
           System.err.println("file:" + p.toString());
           FileInputFormat.addInputPath(job, p);
         } else {
           System.err.println("dir:" + p.toString());
           recursePath(conf, p, job);
         }
       }
     }
   } catch (IOException e) {
     // shouldn't be here
     throw new RuntimeException(e);
   }
 }