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+#The tmp directory for nc to install jars
+NCTMP_DIR2=/tmp/t-1
+
+#The directory to put nc logs
+NCLOGS_DIR2=$NCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#Comma separated I/O directories for the spilling of external sort
+IO_DIRS2="/tmp/t-2,/tmp/t-3"
+
+#NC JAVA_OPTS
+NCJAVA_OPTS2="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7003,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+