From 4af9e07494b4de99e1e099ff9c04a74fa3f02951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Wendell <pwendell@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 20:25:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Adding SPARK_LOCAL_DIRS docs

---
 docs/spark-standalone.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/spark-standalone.md b/docs/spark-standalone.md
index eb3211b6b0e4e..489c6e36400df 100644
--- a/docs/spark-standalone.md
+++ b/docs/spark-standalone.md
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ You can optionally configure the cluster further by setting environment variable
     <td><code>SPARK_MASTER_OPTS</code></td>
     <td>Configuration properties that apply only to the master in the form "-Dx=y" (default: none).</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>SPARK_LOCAL_DIRS</code></td>
+    <td>
+    Directory to use for "scratch" space in Spark, including map output files and RDDs that get 
+    stored on disk. This should be on a fast, local disk in your system. It can also be a 
+    comma-separated list of multiple directories on different disks.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>SPARK_WORKER_CORES</code></td>
     <td>Total number of cores to allow Spark applications to use on the machine (default: all available cores).</td>