@Override
  protected void setUp() throws IOException {
    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
    qfsEmul = new QFSEmulationImpl(conf);
    quantcastFileSystem = new QuantcastFileSystem(qfsEmul, null);
    // a dummy URI; we are not connecting to any setup here
    quantcastFileSystem.initialize(URI.create("qfs:///"), conf);
    baseDir = new Path(System.getProperty("test.build.data", "/tmp" ) +
                                          "/qfs-test");
  }