#Can a slave clean itself
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Got a question for anyone in the know.
It would make my life alot easier if there were a way to have a slave
rendering machine clean it self (somthing I could pass to 3ds on the
command line, for example).
You see, I have co-workers who don't require their computers all the
time. They've agreed to, when they remember, exit to DOS and type
SLAVE (my little batch file to start 3ds up in slave mode) when they
are not useing their system. However (you can probbably see where I'm
going with this), each time they exit and start up again, the LOGED
ANIMATION ERROR has to be cleaned from MY machine.
Any way around this? Does each machine have it's own NETWORK file that
I could just delete and be OK?
Any help would be wonderful,
Scott,
<< a way to have a slave rendering machine clean it self >>
Can't do it.
Mark
Mark:
>> Can't do it.
No way to have a slave rendering machine clean it self.
Hum, too bad. Guess I'll just have to figure something else out.
I've toyed with the idea of writing a batch file, ran from video post, that
would call my pager (through the modem) each hour with a status report. Maybe
it could send the current frame number. With a little math I may be able to
tell is one of the machines is down.
Thanks anyhow.
When I didn't get any replies on this for a few days I though, "Wow first time
in three years I've stump EVERYONE on the forum".
Thanks again,
Scott.
Scott,
there may be a way of dialing in remotely and checking the queue and cleaning
slaves, if this would help. I imagine one would use PC anywhere and use a
program like 3ds itself or J6amie Clay's queue viewer. He uploaded a program
that you could run from windows, I think, which allows you to view the queue.
I'm not sure if it allows cleaning.
Martin
Martin,
>> imagine one would use PC anywhere…
Now there's a good thought. Oh man, but that means one more thing wanting
precious RAM and sucking machine cycles (looking for the phone to ring). If my
machine wasn't the fastest and most reliable on the LAN, that very good
solution would be more attractive.
Thanks for the suggestion,
Scott.