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DescriptionSubmission command option
Specifies the kind of command you are entering: Shell, Shake,
Maya, or other command, depending on the application you want
to use for distributed processing.
-command <command type>
Specifies the command with XML code. Enter the XML code after
-options, with the necessary qualifiers for entering it in a shell.
See Example of Shake Command XML, next, for an example.
If no -option is entered, the values from the application’s
preferences file, in ~/Library/Preferences/, are used (which are the
values of the most recent job submitted).
-options <XML command>
Use to specify the working directory path (from which the command
should be executed). The default working directory is
/Applications/Shake.
-wd <working directory>
Use to specify the number of seconds before Apple Qmaster can
quit when looking for a cluster. The default value is 0, which puts
no limit on the timeout and allows Apple Qmaster to browse the
network for as long as it needs to find the cluster.
-timeout <seconds>
Shows the ID information for the cluster specified with
-clustername or -clusterid, or for all clusters if no cluster is
specified.
-show
Displays information about supported options for Apple Qmaster.
-help
Example of Shake Command XML
The code below is an example of XML code for submitting a Shake command.
/Applications/Apple\ Qmaster.app/Contents/MacOS/Apple\ Qmaster -clustername
elvis -command "Shake" -options "<command
executable="/Applications/Shake/shake.app/Contents/MacOS/shake"
script="/Volumes/Data/scripts/applestyle.shk" start="1" end="1000"
stepsOf="1" minCount="10" otherOptions="" previewNode="" previewWidth="0"
shutterOn="yes" motion="yes" proxyFlags="0" proxyScale="1.000000"
proxyRatio="1000.000000" shutter="1.000000"></command>"
Note: Apple Qmaster stores the XML code for the last command you entered in
~Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleQmaster.plist. You can copy the command in XML
form there, and customize it to use for a new job submission.
Shell Commands for Submitting Compressor Jobs
You can run the Compressor application from the command line using the Compressor
command, with a number of command-line options for submitting jobs.
In the command-line descriptions below, angle brackets < > indicate a mandatory
argument in a command, and brackets [ ] indicate an optional argument.
Synopsis
Below is a synopsis of the command for submitting a job to a cluster. The Compressor
command is located in /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/.
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