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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def set_args(self, args, unknown_args=None):
 """ Configure job, based on the arguments provided. """

        if unknown_args is None:
            unknown_args = []
        self.logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, args.log_level))

        parent = hdfs.path.dirname(hdfs.path.abspath(args.output.rstrip("/")))
        self.remote_wd = hdfs.path.join(
            parent, utils.make_random_str(prefix="pydoop_submit_")
        )
        self.remote_exe = hdfs.path.join(self.remote_wd, str(uuid.uuid4()))
        self.properties[JOB_NAME] = args.job_name or 'pydoop'
        self.properties[IS_JAVA_RR] = (
            'false' if args.do_not_use_java_record_reader else 'true'
        )
        self.properties[IS_JAVA_RW] = (
            'false' if args.do_not_use_java_record_writer else 'true'
        )
        self.properties[JOB_REDUCES] = args.num_reducers
        if args.job_name:
            self.properties[JOB_NAME] = args.job_name
        self.properties.update(args.job_conf or {})
        self.__set_files_to_cache(args)
        self.__set_archives_to_cache(args)
        self.requested_env = self._env_arg_to_dict(args.set_env or [])
        self.args = args
        self.unknown_args = unknown_args