Apple Qmaster 2 and Compressor 2 (Distributed Processing Setup) - Manual (Page 64)

64 Appendix Command-Line Usage
Shell Commands for Configuring Service Nodes
and Cluster Controllers
As an alternative to using the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences, you can use
the command qmasterprefs, with command-line options for enabling and disabling
service node and cluster controlling services.
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 enabling and disabling cluster controlling
services on a computer. The qmasterprefs command is located in /usr/sbin.
qmasterprefs -cluster <on | off> [-timeout <minutes>] [-servername <name>] [-list] [-help]
Below is a synopsis of the command for enabling and disabling service node
processing on a computer.
qmasterprefs -service “Unix Processing” <on | off> [-instances <n>] [-timeout <minutes>]
[-servername <name>] [-list] [-help]
Command options
This table provides information about each of the enabling and disabling service-node
and cluster-controlling services on a computer.
Shell Commands for Submitting Compressor Jobs
You can run the Compressor application from the command line using the Compressor
command, 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.
Preference command option Description
[-cluster] <on | off> Turns cluster-controlling services on or off.
[timeout min] [servername name] [quickcluster on | off ]
[unmanagedservices on | off ] [unmanagedmulticapturethreshold
sec] [networkinterface allinterfaces | <bsd name>]
[-service Rendering] <on | off> Turns UNIX Rendering services on or off.
[timeout min] [instances n] [autorestart on | off ] [unmanaged on | off ]
[-list] Lists the current qmasterprefs settings.
[-help] Displays information about supported options for qmasterprefs.
[-restart] Restarts Apple Qmaster service.
[-service name options] Sets service options.
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