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When true, holds a lock file in the scratch directory. If a Hive process dies and accidentally leaves a dangling scratchdir behind, the the cleardanglingscratchdir tool will will remove it.
When false, does not create a lock file and therefore the cleardanglingscratchdir tool cannot remove any dangling scratch directories.
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