sqoop:000>  show connector --all
1 connector(s) to show: 
Connector with id 1:
  Name: generic-jdbc-connector 
 Class: org.apache.sqoop.connector.jdbc.GenericJdbcConnector
  Version: 1.99.3-cdh5.0.1
  Supported job types: [EXPORT, IMPORT]
    Connection form 1:

CREATE TABLE `employee` (    
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,    
  `name` varchar(20) NOT NULL,    
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)    
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8; 

1,'michael'

# hdfs dfs -mkdir /user/alex
# hdfs dfs -put part-m-00000 /user/alex/
# hdfs dfs -ls /user/alex
Found 1 items
-rw-r--r--   2 root supergroup         20 2014-11-27 18:26 /user/alex/part-m-00000

create job --xid 1 --type export

sqoop:000> create job --xid 1 --type export
Creating job for connection with id 1
Please fill following values to create new job object
Name: export to employee

Database configuration

Schema name: 
Table name: employee
Table SQL statement: 
Table column names: 
Stage table name: 
Clear stage table: 

Input configuration

Input directory: /user/alex

Throttling resources

Extractors: 
Loaders: 
New job was successfully created with validation status FINE  and persistent id 3

sqoop:000> start job --jid 3
Submission details
Job ID: 3
Server URL: http://localhost:12000/sqoop/
Created by: root
Creation date: 2014-11-27 18:29:27 CST
Lastly updated by: root
External ID: job_1406097234796_0008
	http://xmseapp01:8088/proxy/application_1406097234796_0008/
2014-11-27 18:29:27 CST: BOOTING  - Progress is not available