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    #!/usr/bin/pythonenv python3
    # Below are required imports for the script to run
    import os, sys
    
    # The below few lines of code are to determine the OS of the machine that your running 
    # this script from and then define the location of the Qube! API
    if 'QBDIR' in os.environ:
    	sys.path.append('%s/api/python' % os.environ['QBDIR']);
    elif os.uname()[0] == 'Darwin':
    	sys.path.append('/Applications/pfx/qube/api/python');
    elif os.uname()[0] == 'Linux':
    	sys.path.append('/usr/local/pfx/qube/api/python');
    else:
    	sys.path.append('c:/program files/pfx/qube/api/python');
    
    
    # The below line of code is to import the above defined Qube! API
    import qb
    
    # Below is the main function to run in this script 
    def main():
        
        # ----------------Start creation of Parent Job----------------------------------------
        
        # Below defines an empty list for combining all tasks in the dependency chain
        task = []
        
        # Below creates an empty dictionary to be filled by the following lines of code 
        job = {}
        
        # Below defines a label for the dependency to be used internally within this script
        job['label']= 'RibGenLabel'
        
        # Below defines the name of the Qube! job 
        job['name'] = 'Maya Rib Generation Job TUTORIAL'
        
        # Below defines how many Instances/subjobs the job is to spawn
        job['cpus'] = 1
        
        # Below defines the internal Qube! jobtype to be used to execute the job
        job['prototype'] = 'cmdrange'
        
        # The below parameters are explained further in the "Job submission with job package explained" page
        package = {}
        job['package'] = package
        job['package']['cmdline'] = 'sleep QB_FRAME_NUMBER'
        job['package']['simpleCmdType'] = 'Maya BatchRender (rib)'
    
    	# Below defines the Agenda/Range of the job this will fill the Frames/Work section of the Qube! GUI
    	# "0-60" is range 0-60
        agendaRange = '0-60'
        
        # Below defines the internal command required to generate the agenda 
        agenda = qb.genframes(agendaRange)
        
        # Below defines the job details for the agenda 
        job['agenda'] = agenda
        
        # Below appends the details of this task to the job dictionary for later submission
        task.append(job)
    	
    	# ----------------Start creation of Child Job----------------------------------------
    	
    	
    	# Below creates an empty dictionary to be filled by the following lines of code
        job = {}
        
        # Below defines a label for the dependency to be used internally within this script
        job['label']= 'PRmanLabel'
        
        # Below defines the dependency of this job see below for possible dependency strings
        job['dependency'] = 'link-complete-job-RibGenLabel'
        
        # Below defines the name of the Qube! job
        job['name'] = 'Renderman Render Job TUTORIAL'
        
        # Below defines how many Instances/subjobs the job is to spawn
        job['cpus'] = 1
        
        # Below defines how many Instances/subjobs the job is to spawn
        job['prototype'] = 'renderman'
        
        # The below parameters are explained further in the "Job submission with job package explained" page
        package = {}
        job['package'] = package
        job['package']['cmdline'] = 'sleep 20'
        job['package']['simpleCmdType'] = 'Renderman Job'
        
        # Below appends the details of this task to the job dictionary for later submission
        task.append(job)
    	
    	# Below submits the task list to Qube! 
        listOfSubmittedJobs = qb.submit(task)
        
        # Below prints out a list of jobs that have been submitted by name 
        for job in listOfSubmittedJobs:
        	print ('%(name)15s: %(id)s' % job)
    
    # Below runs the "main" function 
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()
        sys.exit(0)
    
    

    This script differs very little from the Advanced Dependencies script.

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