diff --git a/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/scripts/asterix b/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/scripts/asterix
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+++ b/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/scripts/asterix
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [ -z $ASTERIX_HOME ]
+ then
+   pushd $(dirname $0) >/dev/null
+   cd ..
+   export ASTERIX_HOME=$(pwd)
+   popd >/dev/null
+fi
+
+for jar in `ls $ASTERIX_HOME/lib/*.jar`
+  do 
+  if [ -z $ASTERIX_CLASSPATH ] 
+  then 
+    ASTERIX_CLASSPATH=$jar 
+  else
+    ASTERIX_CLASSPATH=$ASTERIX_CLASSPATH:$jar 
+  fi
+done
+
+ASTERIX_CLASSPATH=$ASTERIX_CLASSPATH:
+ASTERIX_CLASSPATH=$ASTERIX_CLASSPATH:$YARN_CONF_DIR:$HADOOP_CONF_DIR:$HADOOP_CONF_PATH
+pushd $(dirname $0) > /dev/null
+cd $ASTERIX_HOME
+java $JAVA_OPTS -cp $ASTERIX_CLASSPATH -Dlog4j.configuration=file://$ASTERIX_HOME/conf/asterix-client-log4j.properties edu.uci.ics.asterix.aoya.AsterixYARNClient $@
+popd > /dev/null