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Offline snowwalker1988

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Re: Command line activation
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2021, 12:14:32 AM »
Yes that I know and read your blog.

But in the "About dialog" is also a string of numbers, when you hold the Shift-Key.
This is necessary if a machine is stolen or damaged to deactivate the machine at Camerabits.

Is this ID written in a plist file or is there a way to get it with a terminal command?

Best regards,
Marcus

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Re: Command line activation
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2021, 09:19:56 AM »
Markus,

Yes that I know and read your blog.

But in the "About dialog" is also a string of numbers, when you hold the Shift-Key.
This is necessary if a machine is stolen or damaged to deactivate the machine at Camerabits.

Is this ID written in a plist file or is there a way to get it with a terminal command?

There is no command line parameter that produces that information, currently.  I think it may be a good idea to add that capability, though I will need to discuss this with the rest of the team.

-Kirk

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Re: Command line activation
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2021, 07:45:02 AM »
Hey Kirk,

could you discuss the feature with the rest of the team?

Best regards,
Marcus

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Re: Command line activation
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2021, 09:50:49 PM »
Marcus,

could you discuss the feature with the rest of the team?

The next build of Photo Mechanic 6/Photo Mechanic Plus will have a new 'machine' command-line parameter that will print the 'machine ID' to stderr and quit.

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Re: Command line activation
« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2021, 01:26:23 PM »
Looks good, thanks Kirk.
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