1RNDR(1)                     General Commands Manual                    RNDR(1)
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NAME

6       rndr - render a rib file
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SYNOPSIS

9       rndr [ -f <range> ] [ options ... ] [ -P:n | -t:n ] [ name.rib ...  ]
10       rndr -r <port>
11       rndr -k <port>
12       rndr [ options... ] [ name.rib ...  ] -s <srv1:port1,srv2:port2...>
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DESCRIPTION

15       Rndr Renders a file with Pixie.
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17       The  main  documentation  is  maintained  in  html  form  and should be
18       included with your distribution in the html or doc directories.
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20       Note: If the filename given is '-' or no filename is given,  then  rndr
21       will  read from standard input.  This is not valid for network renders,
22       where the file needs to be shipped to the  server  rndr  instances  for
23       them to read.
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OPTIONS

26       -f <range>
27              Render  only  selected frames.  Range can be of the form N for a
28              single frame, N1:N2 for N1 through to N2, or N1:N2:N3 for N1  to
29              N3 skipping, but only every N2 frames.
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31       -q     Quiet mode.  Errors and warnings are not displayed.
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33       -d     Framebuffer  display.   Overrides  the  display drivers and uses
34              framebuffer.
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36       -t     Display statistics.  At the end of each  frame,  statistics  are
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39       -p     Display  progress.   Displays  an  updating progress line on the
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42       -P:n   Specify the number of subprocesses for a multiprocessor  render.
43              May not be used with -r or -s.
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45       -t:n   Specify  the  number of threads for a multithreaded render.  May
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48       -c <client port>
49              Specify a client (for subprocesses, used internally by rndr).
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ENVIRONMENT

52       PIXIEHOME
53              The directory $(PIXIEHOME)/shaders is used to locate the display
54              drivers,  shaders,  and  procedurals for a render.  PIXIEHOME is
55              contain the directories 'shaders' and 'displays', but  may  con‐
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58              $(PIXIEHOME)/shaders
59                     Location for shaders
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61              $(PIXIEHOME)/displays
62                     Location for display drivers
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64              $(PIXIEHOME)/procedurals
65                     Location for procedural generators
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67              $(PIXIEHOME)/textures
68                     Location for textures
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70       SHADERS
71              Also searched for shaders
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73       TEXTURES
74              Also searched for textures
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76       PROCEDURALS
77              Also searched for procedurals
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80              Also searched for display drivers
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82       DISPLAY
83              Which X11 display to open for the framebuffer
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SEE ALSO

86       sdrc(1), texmake(1), show(1), sdrinfo(1)
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BUGS

89       See the sourceforge forums / tracker at http://pixie.sourceforge.net
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