Setup guide

Use cmdjob:
1 Open a DOS shell or Linux/Mac terminal and navigate to the Backburner folder.
2 Submit a job or jobs to the cmdjob utility using the following syntax: cmdjob <options>
<executable_to_run> <parameters>. You can use options, parameters, and tokens at the command
line of a DOS shell or Linux terminal, as well as in a batch file or script. Options, parameters, and
tokens are not case-sensitive. If multiple occurrences of the same option or parameter are used, only
the last occurrence is processed by the cmdjob utility.
cmdjob options
DescriptionOption
Sets the task list file. The file contains a tab-separated table. Use fill-in tokens to
reference the table.
-taskList:<file>
Sets the task name column in the task list file. A value of 0 means this column is
unnamed while a value greater than 0 specifies the column in the file for the
-taskName:<number>
task names. This is used for feedback in the monitor when looking at the task
list.
Sets the number of tasks for the job. This option is ignored if -taskList is used.-numTasks:<number>
Sets the starting offset of the default task parameter in numeric format. Ignored
if -taskList is specified.
-tp_start:<number>
Sets the increment of the default task parameter in numeric format. Ignored if
-taskList is used.
-tp_jump:<number>
Sets the job parameter file. See example below.-jobParamFile:<file>
A token is a reference to a value that can vary. It is evaluated on the server assigned to the job at the time
the cmdjob utility executes. You cannot nest tokens within tokens.
cmdjob tokens
DescriptionOption
Job description.%dsc
Name of the server executing the task.%srv
Task parameter X from the task list, where X is the column index in the task list file.%tpX
Same as %tpX, where * indicates the number of 0 padded digits to use.%*tpX
Task number of the assigned task.%tn
Same as %tn, where * indicates the number of 0 padded digits to use.%*tn
Parameter X from the job parameter file, where X is the row index in the job parameter file.%jpX
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