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+#!/bin/bash
+hostname
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CCHOST=`bin/getip.sh`
+
+#Remove the temp dir
+rm -rf $CCTMP_DIR
+mkdir $CCTMP_DIR
+
+#Remove the logs dir
+rm -rf $CCLOGS_DIR
+mkdir $CCLOGS_DIR
+
+#Export JAVA_HOME and JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_OPTS=$CCJAVA_OPTS
+
+#Launch hyracks cc script
+chmod -R 755 $HYRACKS_HOME
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 3 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &