From cd0806d1c7b576bd9d1a6d74589163c558d478e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Louwrentius@gmail.com" Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:03:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited wiki page Manual2 through web user interface. --- wiki/Manual2.wiki | 27 +++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/wiki/Manual2.wiki b/wiki/Manual2.wiki index aa4cc5e..5bf6739 100644 --- a/wiki/Manual2.wiki +++ b/wiki/Manual2.wiki @@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ Options are: processing items based on the settings of this file. The following options are used for distributed execution of PPSS. - --master | -m Specifies the SSH server that is used for communication between nodes. Using SSH, file locks are created, informing other nodes that an item - is locked. Also, often items, such as files, reside on this host. SCP - is used to transfer files from this host to nodes for local procesing. + is locked. If items are files that must be processed, they must reside + on this host. SCP is used to transfer files from this host to nodes + for local procesing. ---node | -n File containig a list of nodes that act as PPSS clients. One IP / DNS +--node | -n File containig a list of nodes that act as PPSS clients. One IP / DNS name per line. --key | -k The SSH key that a node uses to connect to the master. @@ -61,28 +61,35 @@ The following options are used for distributed execution of PPSS. hosts that already once connected to the server. See the file ~/.ssh/known_hosts or else, manualy connect once and check this file. ---user | -u The SSH user name that is used when logging in into the master SSH - server. +--user | -u The SSH user name that is used by the node when logging in into the + master SSH server. ---script | -S Specifies the script/program that must be copied to the nodes for +--script | -S Specifies the script/program that must be copied to the nodes for execution through PPSS. Only used in the deploy mode. This option should be specified if necessary when generating a config. ---download This option specifies that an item will be downloaded by the node +--download This option specifies that an item will be downloaded by the node from the server or share to the local node for processing. --upload This option specifies that the output file will be copied back to the server, the --outputdir option is mandatory. --no-scp | -b Do not use scp for downloading items. Use cp instead. Assumes that a - network file system (NFS/SMB) is mounted under a local mountpoint. + network file system (NFS/SMB) is mounted under a local mount point. --outputdir | -o Directory on server where processed files are put. If the result of encoding a wav file is an mp3 file, the mp3 file is put in the directory specified with this option. ---homedir | -H Directory in which directory PPSS is installed on the node. +--homedir | -H Directory in which PPSS is installed on the node. Default is 'ppss-home'. + +--script | -S Script to run on the node. PPSS must copy this script to the node. + +--randomize | -R Randomise which items to process by the client in distributed mode. + This makes sure that with many nodes, it is prevented that some + clients spend all their time trying to get a lock on an item. + }}} = Preparation of server and nodes =