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+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM  Copyright 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@REM  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@REM  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM
+@REM   Copyright (c) 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+@REM   reserved.
+
+@echo off
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+:init
+@REM Decide how to startup depending on the version of windows
+
+@REM -- Win98ME
+if NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto Win9xArg
+
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @setlocal
+
+@REM -- 4NT shell
+if "%eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTArgs
+
+@REM -- Regular WinNT shell
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto WinNTGetScriptDir
+
+@REM The 4NT Shell from jp software
+:4NTArgs
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+goto WinNTGetScriptDir
+
+:Win9xArg
+@REM Slurp the command line arguments.  This loop allows for an unlimited number
+@REM of arguments (up to the command line limit, anyway).
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+:Win9xApp
+if %1a==a goto Win9xGetScriptDir
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1
+shift
+goto Win9xApp
+
+:Win9xGetScriptDir
+set SAVEDIR=%CD%
+%0\
+cd %0\..\.. 
+set BASEDIR=%CD%
+cd %SAVEDIR%
+set SAVE_DIR=
+goto repoSetup
+
+:WinNTGetScriptDir
+set BASEDIR=%~dp0\..
+
+:repoSetup
+
+
+if "%JAVACMD%"=="" set JAVACMD=java
+
+if "%REPO%"=="" set REPO=%BASEDIR%\lib
+
+set CLASSPATH="%BASEDIR%"\etc;"%REPO%"\hyracks-dataflow-std-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-api-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\json-20090211.jar;"%REPO%"\httpclient-4.1-alpha2.jar;"%REPO%"\httpcore-4.1-beta1.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-logging-1.1.1.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-codec-1.4.jar;"%REPO%"\args4j-2.0.12.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-dataflow-common-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-data-std-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-control-cc-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-control-common-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-server-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\servlet-api-3.0.20100224.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-continuation-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-http-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-io-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-webapp-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-xml-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-util-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-servlet-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-security-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\wicket-core-1.5.2.jar;"%REPO%"\wicket-util-1.5.2.jar;"%REPO%"\wicket-request-1.5.2.jar;"%REPO%"\slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar;"%REPO%"\slf4j-jcl-1.6.3.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-control-nc-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\dcache-client-0.0.1.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-client-8.0.0.M0.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-net-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-io-1.3.1.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-ipc-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\genomix-0.2.3-SNAPSHOT.pom
+goto endInit
+
+@REM Reaching here means variables are defined and arguments have been captured
+:endInit
+
+%JAVACMD% %JAVA_OPTS%  -classpath %CLASSPATH_PREFIX%;%CLASSPATH% -Dapp.name="genomix" -Dapp.repo="%REPO%" -Dapp.home="%BASEDIR%" -Dbasedir="%BASEDIR%" edu.uci.ics.genomix.Driver %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @endlocal
+set ERROR_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+
+:end
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto endNT
+
+@REM For old DOS remove the set variables from ENV - we assume they were not set
+@REM before we started - at least we don't leave any baggage around
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+goto postExec
+
+:endNT
+@REM If error code is set to 1 then the endlocal was done already in :error.
+if %ERROR_CODE% EQU 0 @endlocal
+
+
+:postExec
+
+if "%FORCE_EXIT_ON_ERROR%" == "on" (
+  if %ERROR_CODE% NEQ 0 exit %ERROR_CODE%
+)
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%