try {
in = fs.open(masterIndexPath);
FileStatus masterStat = fs.getFileStatus(masterIndexPath);
masterIndexTimestamp = masterStat.getModificationTime();
lin = new LineReader(in, getConf());
read = lin.readLine(line);
// the first line contains the version of the index file
String versionLine = line.toString();
String[] arr = versionLine.split(" ");
version = Integer.parseInt(arr[0]);