syqada validate

>>> syqada validate filename [--config configfile] [--createconfig new-configfile]

This command checks a template, task, or protocol file for complete definition of parameters and either declares it OK or identifies what the problems are. It can be especially useful during the development of a workflow, but also during a new deployment of an existing workflow.

>>> syqada validate filename --config configfile.config

This form of the command is useful for identifying any remaining unresolved parameter references. With this form, syqada validate uses the parameters defined in configfile.config to populate filename if filename is a template or the template(s) invoked by filename if it is a task or protocol file, and reports the unresolved parameters.

>>> syqada validate protocol-file.protocol --createconfig newconfig.config

With this form of the command, syqada validate writes a file named newconfig.config that will contain all the undefined parameters found in the templates invoked by protocol-file.protocol.

>>> syqada validate protocol-file.protocol --protocol_caching status
With this form of the command, *syqada validate* will compare the cached
protocol files and report simply whether they differ from the reference.

>>> syqada validate protocol-file.protocol --protocol_caching diffs
With this form of the command, *syqada validate* will compare the cached
protocol files and report their differences from the reference on standard error.

>>> syqada validate protocol-file.protocol --protocol_caching force
With this form of the command, *syqada validate* force updates from the reference
to the cached protocol files.