[maker-devel] Preformatted BLAST databases?

[Fields, Christopher J]

Thanks Carson, that should work.

chris

On Feb 27, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Carson Holt <carsonhh at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI.  Just add mpi_blastdb=/some/path to the maker_opts.ctl file if not
> already there.
> 
> --Carson
> 
> 
> On 13-02-27 4:15 PM, "Carson Holt" <carsonhh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> MAKER has to make separate databases (min 10) for each input fasta, so
>> that it can split the work up more efficiently (not just one big database
>> per fasta).  For space savinf purposes, you could set a different
>> location 
>> for the mpi_blastdb by adding mpi_blastdb=/some/path.  Then it would be
>> shared across multiple MAKER instances and not be regenerated constantly.
>> 
>> --Carson
>> 
>> 
>> On 13-02-27 4:05 PM, "Fields, Christopher J" <cjfields at illinois.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> All,
>>> 
>>> We have a number of pre-formatted BLAST databases set up locally
>>> (taxonomically separated, for example) that we would like to use for
>>> annotation of specific assemblies.  We would also really like to save
>>> space where possible and not copy auto-generated BLAST databases where
>>> possible.  
>>> 
>>> These don't currently seem to be supported however (at least, when I
>>> attempt to use them via the config they don't work).  Is this possible
>>> via MAKER currently, or are there any plans to support this in the
>>> future?  
>>> 
>>> chris
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