Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 365)

Description Submission command option
Use to specify the name of the cluster to which you want to send
the job. Using the cluster name, Apple Qmaster looks for the cluster
on the network in order to use it. -clustername <name>
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 Apple Qmaster -show to see a cluster’s IP address and port
number.
-clusterid <user
name:password@IP
address:port number>
Specifies the kind of command you are entering: Shell, Shake,
Maya, or other command, depending on the application you want
to use for distributed processing.
-command <command type>
Specifies the command with XML code. Enter the XML code after
-options , with the necessary qualifiers for entering it in a shell.
See Example of Shake Command XML , next, for an example.
If no -option is entered, the values from the application’s
preferences file, in ~/Library/Preferences/, are used (which are the
values of the most recent job submitted).
-options <XML command>
Use to specify the working directory path (from which the command
should be executed). The default working directory is
/Applications/Shake. -wd <working directory>
Use to specify the number of seconds before Apple Qmaster can
quit when looking for a cluster. The default value is 0, which puts
no limit on the timeout and allows Apple Qmaster 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
Displays information about supported options for Apple Qmaster . -help
Example of Shake Command XML
The code below is an example of XML code for submitting a Shake command.
/Applications/Apple\ Qmaster.app/Contents/MacOS/Apple\ Qmaster -clustername
elvis -command "Shake" -options "<command
executable="/Applications/Shake/shake.app/Contents/MacOS/shake"
script="/Volumes/Data/scripts/applestyle.shk" start="1" end="1000"
stepsOf="1" minCount="10" otherOptions="" previewNode="" previewWidth="0"
shutterOn="yes" motion="yes" proxyFlags="0" proxyScale="1.000000"
proxyRatio="1000.000000" shutter="1.000000"></command>"
365 Appendix C Using the Command Line