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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+: ${WORKSPACE:="$(pwd)"}
+
+export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=yep
+export SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=1
+
+# Output test results as junit xml
+export TRIAL_FLAGS="--reporter=subunit"
+export TOXSUFFIX="| subunit-1to2 | subunit2junitxml --no-passthrough --output-to=results.xml"
+# Write coverage reports to a separate file for each process
+export COVERAGE_OPTS="-p"
+export DUMP_COVERAGE_COMMAND="coverage help"
+
+# Output flake8 violations to violations.flake8.log
+# Don't exit with non-0 status code on Jenkins,
+# so that the build steps continue and a later step can decided whether to
+# UNSTABLE or FAILURE this build.
+export PEP8SUFFIX="--output-file=violations.flake8.log || echo flake8 finished with status code \$?"
+
+rm .coverage* || echo "No coverage files to remove"
+
+tox -e py27