Apple Compressor 2 - Manual (Page 248)

248 Appendix B Command-Line Usage
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.
 Batchname 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 Monitoring Batches
You can use the Batch Monitor command, Batch\ Monitor, with a number of command-
line options for monitoring 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 monitoring batches. The Batch\ Monitor
command is located in /Applications/Utilities/Batch Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS.
Batch\ Monitor [-clustername <name>] [-clusterid <user name:password@IP address:port
number>] [-jobid <identifier> -batchid <identifier>] [-timeout <seconds>] [-query
<seconds>] [-help]
To cancel a job or batch:
m Batch\ Monitor [-clustername <name>] [-clusterid <IP address> <port number>
<user name> <password>] -kill -jobid <identifier> -batchid <identifier>