auth::sync::job::start (public)

 auth::sync::job::start [ -job_id job_id ] -authority_id authority_id \
    [ -interactive ] [ -creation_user creation_user ]

Defined in packages/acs-authentication/tcl/sync-procs.tcl

Record the beginning of a job.

Switches:

-job_id (optional)

-authority_id (required)

The ID of the authority you're trying to sync

-interactive (optional, boolean)

Set this if this is an interactive job, i.e. it's initiated by a user.

-creation_user (optional)

Returns:

job_id An ID for the new batch job. Used when calling other procs in this API.

Author:

Lars Pind <lars@collaboraid.biz>

Testcases:

sync_start_end, sync_actions, sync_snapshot, auth_sync_process_ims_implementations