Apple Qmaster 3 - Manual (Page 82)

Description Submission command option
Use to specify the number of seconds before Compressor can quit
when looking for a cluster. The default value is 0, which puts no
limit on the timeout and allows Compressor to browse the network
for as long as it needs to find the cluster. -timeout
Shows the ID information for the cluster specified with
-clustername or -clusterid , or for all clusters if no cluster is
specified.
-show
Displays information regarding the required parameters for the
Compressor command.
-help
Example of Compressor Command XML
The code below is an example of XML code for submitting a Compressor command.
Notice that because it needs to be entered as one command line, every character after
-options
that isn’t alphanumeric must be preceded with a backslash (\).
./Compressor -clusterid tcp://127.0.0.1:51737 -batchname myBatch -jobpath
/Volumes/Source/ShortClips/NTSC24p.mov -settingpath
/Users/stomper10/Library/Application\ Support/Compressor/PhotoJPEG.setting
-destinationpath /Users/machinename/Movies/myDestinationFilename.mov.
This command has the following elements:
• Cluster address is tcp://127.0.0.1:51737.
• Batch name is myBatch.
• Job path is /Volumes/Source/ShortClips/NTSC24p.mov.
• Setting path is /Users/stomper10/Library/Application
Support/Compressor/PhotoJPEG.setting.
• Destination path is /Users/machinename/Movies.
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]
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