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The cmtool utility includes options that you can use to work with the contents of your volumes. Without entering the application, you can perform activities such as opening, closing, deleting, and renaming volumes, projects, partitions, archives, and libraries. Additionally, you can view the contents of volumes, projects, partitions, archives and libraries.

NoteYou can use cmtool to determine the unique ID (UID) of a clip. Both publishTool and stonifiseTool accept a UID instead of the name and creation date of a source clip. To determine the UID of a clip, list the contents of the library in which it resides, locate the clip, and find its UID in the clip ID column. A UID has the format H_0000000000_S_0000000000_U_00000.

To start cmtool:

  1. Make sure that /usr/discreet/io/<version number>/bin is in your path.
  2. Type:

    cmtool

    The >cmtool prompt appears.

  3. At the >cmtool prompt, type a cmtool option. See cmtool Options.

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