Making Submit Scripts Available To Users

The goal is to copy the rush submit scripts onto a file server so that:

1. Users can access the scripts to make shortcuts onto their desktops
2. A directory that all the render machines can access

The submit scripts *must* be placed on a file server all workstations and rendering machines can access. The submit scripts not only bring up the GUI, but also handle rendering frames on render hosts, so the render machines must be able to access them.

Copy the files from rush/examples directory to the file server

In place of '\\yourserver\jobs\' in the following example, substitute an absolute path that can be accessed by your entire network.

The following assumes the directory \\yourserver\jobs\ exists, and \\yourserver\jobs\rushscripts\ does not yet exist (it will be created by the following commands):

Windows

xcopy /I /S c:\rush\examples \\yourserver\jobs\rushscripts

Unix (MacOSX,Linux,Irix..)

cp -rp /usr/local/rush/examples //yourserver/jobs/rushscripts chmod a+rx //yourserver/jobs/rushscripts/perl/*.pl chmod a+rx //yourserver/jobs/rushscripts/python/*.py

Customize for your location

There are some things you might want to customize your Rush submit scripts for at site, such as:

• Pathname conversions.
  This lets you convert paths specified by users to be "network friendly" by rewriting them (eg. converting "/Volumes/share" to "//server/share"). This used to be done by adding regular expressions to the .common.pl script, but is now best done in 103.00 and up by adding "path_convert" commands to the new path_convert file.
• Drive mapping
  Lets you configure renders to automatically check for and create necessary Windows drive mappings (eg. mapping Z: to //server/share). This used to be done by adding 'NET USE' commands to the render script, but is now best done in 103.00 and up by adding "drive_map" commands to the new path_convert file.
• Shotgun Configuration
  Lets you configure Rush to integrate with the Shotgun production management system so that all submitted jobs' start/end times are reported to Shotgun automatically. This feature is only supported in the Python Rush submit scripts.

Login as a normal user, verify desktop setup instructions.

Desktop Setup Instructions

Windows Linux Mac

At minimum, verify the interface can be opened as a normal user from a DOS or Unix terminal window using an absolute path:

         perl //yourserver/jobs/rushscripts/perl/submit-generic.pl
     

Submit a test job.

It's important to verify the renders run, to ensure the 3rd party software is accessable to the script.

Sometimes environment variables and path settings need to be added to the scripts to ensure they can invoke the renderer correctly.

If needed, edit the submit script and look for comments at the top of the script indicating where modifications should be made.

Done.