Synopsis, Command options – Apple Qmaster 3 User Manual
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Synopsis
Below is a synopsis of the command for enabling and disabling Apple Qmaster services
on a computer. The
qmasterprefs
command is located in /usr/sbin.
qmasterprefs [options] [-cluster <on | off> [options]] [-service <name> <on
| off> [options]]
Command Options
This table provides information about each of the enabling and disabling service-node
and cluster-controlling services on a computer.
Description
Preference command option
Displays information about supported options for
qmasterprefs
.
-help
Lists the current
qmasterprefs
settings.
-list
Restarts cluster processes.
cancelJobs
deletes batches in the
queue.
-resetCluster
[cancelJobs]
Enables or disables Bonjour advertisements.
-allowBonjourDiscovery
<on | off>
Sets sharing state. (Similar to the Apple Qmaster pane in System
Preferences.)
-startSharing
[servicesOnly |
servicesAndCluster |
servicesAndQuickCluster]
Stops Apple Qmaster services on local computer.
-stopSharing
Restarts all Apple Qmaster services.
-restart
Resets Apple Qmaster services to default configuration.
-reset
Automatically launches content agent at startup.
-launchContentAgent <on
| off>
Sets logging level. Default is 3. Off is 0. Sets whether logs are
overwritten when services are restarted.
-log [0-5] [truncate on
| off]
Displays service node status indicator in menu bar.
-statusMenu <on | off>
Turns cluster-controlling services on or off. All [options] are:
[timeout min] [[quickcluster] servername name]
[maxactivetargets val] [maxactivesegments val]
[storagepath path] [privatestorage on|off]
[publishedstorage on|off]
[storagecleanupthreshold days] [unmanagedservices
on|off] [unmanagedmulticapturethreshold sec]
[networkinterface allinterfaces | <bsd name>]
[log [0-5] | [truncate on|off]]
-cluster <on | off>
[options]
Turns service on or off. Valid names are
Rendering
or
"Compressor Processing"
. All [options] are: [timeout min]
[sharing on|off ] [instances n] [autorestart on|off ] [unmanaged on|off ]
[log [0-5] [truncate on|off ]]
-service “name” [on|off]
[options]
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