code: public void configure(JobConf job) {
      iconf = new IndexUpdateConfiguration(job);
      mapredTempDir = iconf.getMapredTempDir();
      mapredTempDir = Shard.normalizePath(mapredTempDir);
    }
docs: /* (non-Javadoc)
  @see org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapReduceBase#configure(org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf)