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Command options
This table provides information about each of the enabling and disabling service-node
and cluster-controlling services on a computer.
Shell Commands for Submitting Apple Qmaster Jobs
You can use the Apple Qmaster command, Apple Qmaster, 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 Apple Qmaster
command is located in /Applications/Apple Qmaster.app/Contents/MacOS.
Apple\ Qmaster [-clustername ] [-clusterid address:port number>][-command -options [-wd
] [-timeout ] [-show] [-batchname ] [-help]
Once the job is submitted successfully, this command displays the batch ID (identifier)
and job ID (identifier) in the shell.
Preference command option Description
[-cluster] Turns cluster-controlling services on or off.
[timeout min] [servername name] [quickcluster on | off ]
[unmanagedservices on | off ] [unmanagedmulticapturethreshold
sec] [networkinterface allinterfaces | ]
[-service Rendering] Turns UNIX Rendering services on or off.
[timeout min] [instances n] [autorestart on | off ] [unmanaged on | off ]
[-list] Lists the current qmasterprefs settings.
[-help] Displays information about supported options for qmasterprefs.
[-restart] Restarts Apple Qmaster services.
[-service name options] Sets service options.
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