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Appendix
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Command-Line Usage
If you are accustomed to doing your work from Terminal
shells, and need or prefer to run the distributed processing
system from the command line with minimal use of
application interfaces, this appendix is for you.
The appendix includes the following topics:
 Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line (p. 67)
 Shell Commands for Configuring Service Nodes and Cluster Controllers (p. 68)
 Shell Commands for Submitting Compressor Jobs (p. 69)
 Shell Commands for Submitting Apple Qmaster Jobs (p. 71)
 Shell Commands for Monitoring Batches (p. 73)
Note: While it is possible to use the command line to run an Apple Qmaster distributed
processing network, each Compressor service node (each computer providing
Compressor distributed processing services) must be logged in (with a Mac OS X
user name and password) for full functionality.
Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line
Follow these steps to install Apple Qmaster software on each computer you want to
use for distributed processing. (All computers must be on the same subnet.)
1 Copy the standalone installer package (AppleQmasterNode.mpkg) to the remote system.
Note: Do not alter the file hierarchy of the packages.
2 Log into the remote system.
3 Enter the following command:
sudo installer -pkg AppleQmasterNode.mpkg -target /
Apple Qmaster processes start automatically after installation.