TYPE: ROP
TITLE: Alfred ROP

Alfred is a program shipped out with Pixar's distribution of RenderMan.  It
manages render tasks on a single machine or across a network.  This output
driver will generate an Alfred script and start the Alfred program on the script
file.  Alfred must be correctly configured.

When rendering using RenderMan, by default, netrman is used, so the local host
must be running the nrmserver software.

When rendering using Mantra, Alfred must be configured to know about
Mantra.  Please see the read me in $HFS/houdini/scripts/alfred.

Parameters:
    Render           - Generates the Alfred script and starts the
                       render.
    Output Driver    - The output driver used to generate the render
                       files.
    Remote Shell     - The shell to run on the remote machine.  This
                       is only important when using netmantra.
    Remote $HFS      - Where the remote machine can find $HFS.  It
                       requires this knowledge to find the rscript
                       application (in $HFS/bin).  This is only used
                       when running netmantra
    Init. Commands   - Initialization commands.  These commands are
                       responsible for setting up the environment.
                       These commands are only used when running
                       netmantra.
    Alfred Script    - When rendering from a driver which is not
                       Mantra or RenderMan, this script is called to
                       generate the Alfred script (see
                       $HFS/houdini/scripts/alfred)
    Alfred Command   - The command used to start Alfred.  Additional
                       command line options may be specified here.
    Temp. Directory  - Location to store temporary files.

Local Variables:
    N        - The current frame of the range specified.  This always
               starts at 1.
    NRENDER  - Total number of frames being rendered.
