Command options – Apple Compressor 3 User Manual

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Additionally, if you specify

-batchfilepath

, then

-jobpath

,

-settingpath

, and

-destinationpath

are not necessary because the previously saved batch file already

contains information about the job, settings, and destination.

Example of

-batchfilepath

:

Compressor -clustername "This Computer" -batchfilepath

"/Volumes/Hermione/SavedCompressorBatches/FreeChampagne.compressor"

Once the job is submitted successfully, this command displays the batch ID (identifier)
and job ID (identifier) in the shell, and you can monitor the progress of a batch in
Batch Monitor.

Command Options

This table provides information about each of the command options for submitting jobs.

Description

Submission command option

Use to specify the name of the cluster to which you want to send
the job. Using the cluster name, Compressor looks for the cluster
on the network in order to use it.

-clustername <name>

User password for the cluster specified by ID or name.

-password <value>

Use to specify a name for the batch so that you can easily recognize
it in Batch Monitor.

-batchname <name>

Optionally, you can use

-clusterid

to enter the cluster ID and

port number instead of using

-clustername

. (When you enter

the cluster ID and port, less time is required to find the cluster on
the network.)

Or, if you used

-clustername

and the cluster requires a password,

use

-clusterid

to specify the user name and password. (You

need to include the

IP address:port number

as well whenever

you use

-clusterid

.)

Use

Compressor -show

to see a cluster's IP address and port

number.

-clusterid <user

name:password@IP

address:port number>

Specifies the priority level for a job.

-priority <value>

Specifies the location of the source file.

-jobpath <url>

Specifies the location of the settings for the job.

-settingpath <url>

Specifies the destination file URL for the job.

-destinationpath <url>

Gives detailed information for a batch or a job.

-info <xml>

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 <seconds>

Shows the ID information for the cluster specified with

-clustername

or

-clusterid

, or for all clusters if no cluster is

specified.

-show

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Appendix C

Using the Command Line

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