diff --git a/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopAllNCs.sh b/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopAllNCs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# you may obtain a copy of the License from
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+
+PREGELIX_PATH=`pwd`
+
+for i in `cat conf/slaves`
+do
+   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; bin/stopnc.sh"
+done