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Command options
This table provides information about each of the enabling and disabling service-node
and cluster-controlling services on a computer.
Note: For a complete list of shell command options, enter
qmasterprefs -help.
Shell Commands for Submitting Apple Qmaster Jobs
You can use the Apple Qmaster command, Apple Qmaster, 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.
Synopsis
Below is a synopsis of the command for submitting a job to a cluster. The Apple Qmaster
command is located in /Applications/Apple Qmaster.app/Contents/MacOS.
Apple Qmaster[-clustername <name>] [-clusterid <user name:password@IP
address:port number>][-command <command type> -options <XML command>
[-wd <working directory>] [-timeout <seconds>] [-show] [-batchname
<name>] [-help]
Once the job is submitted successfully, this command displays the batch ID (identifier)
and job ID (identifier) in the shell.
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 services.
[-service name options]
Sets service options.
[-stopSharing]
Stop Apple Qmaster services.
[-reset]
Reset Apple Qmaster services.
[-launchContentAgent]
<on | off>
Launch content agent at startup.
[-log ][0-5][truncate]
<on | off>
Set global log level. Truncate logs.