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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./upload_bz2_files_to_qfa.sh /local/path/to/source_dir /path/oth/qfs/destination_dir
+#
+# Will create docker container using the qfs-master image and connectiong to
+# the spark_cluster_network swarm network.
+#
+
+source_dir=${1%/}
+
+echo "Uploading files from $source_dir locally to $2 on QFS."
+docker run -it \
+    --network spark_cluster_network \
+    --mount type=bind,src=$source_dir,dst=/data \
+    --env DESTINATION_DIR=$2 \
+    qfs-master:latest \
+    /bin/bash -c \
+    'qfs -fs qfs://qfs-master:20000 -mkdir $DESTINATION_DIR; for filename in /data/*.bz2; do echo "uploading - ${filename} to $DESTINATION_DIR"; ( cptoqfs -s qfs-master -p 20000 -d "${filename}" -k $DESTINATION_DIR -r 2 ); done; echo "Finished uploading files."'