If nrmcontrol cannot communicate with the Network RenderMan render server, it will ask the user whether it should attempt to start the server. If the user answers yes, it will attempt to run nrmserver. If the server is started this way, no command line options are sent to the nrmserver program. Once nrmcontrol can succesfully communicate with the Network RenderMan render server, it will display a summary of active rendering jobs and the number of available jobs. Quit - quit this program and prompt for a command.
Commands require only the initial letter followed by carriage return.
A carriage return with no command will update the list of active jobs and reprompt. Quit - quit this program and prompts for a command. Again, the initial letter and a carriage return is all that is required. A carriage return with no command returns you to the main command menu. RenderMan render server on the host computer named hostname .