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Function

   Find and retrieve EMBOSS data files

Description

   embossdata searches for a specified data file in all the directories
   which can hold them and writes the results of the search to screen or
   (optionally) to file. Optionally, all the files in the searched
   directories can be displayed. Optionally, it will also copy the file
   from the EMBOSS standard data directory to the current directory so
   that you can safely edit and use it.

Usage

   Here is a sample session with embossdata

   Display the directories searched for EMBOSS data files:


% embossdata
Find and retrieve EMBOSS data files
Data file name:

# The following directories can contain EMBOSS data files.
# They are searched in the following order until the file is found.
# If the directory does not exist, then this is noted below.
# '.' is the UNIX name for your current working directory.

.                                                            Exists
.embossdata                                                  Does not exist
/homes/user                                                    Exists
/homes/user/.embossdata                                        Exists
/homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/                           Exists


   Example 2

   Display the names of data files in all of the possible data
   directories: This is run on a small test system and so the results will
   probably be different when you run this.


% embossdata -showall
Find and retrieve EMBOSS data files
Data file name:



DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/

  DRCAT.dat
  EBLOSUM30
  EBLOSUM35
  EBLOSUM40
  EBLOSUM45
  EBLOSUM50
  EBLOSUM55
  EBLOSUM60
  EBLOSUM62
  EBLOSUM62-12
  EBLOSUM65
  EBLOSUM70
  EBLOSUM75
  EBLOSUM80
  EBLOSUM85
  EBLOSUM90
  EBLOSUMN
  EDAM.obo
  EDNAFULL
  EDNAMAT
  EDNASIMPLE
  EGC.0
  EGC.1
  EGC.10
  EGC.11
  EGC.12
  EGC.13
  EGC.14
  EGC.15
  EGC.16
  EGC.2
  EGC.21
  EGC.22
  EGC.23
  EGC.3
  EGC.4
  EGC.5
  EGC.6
  EGC.9
  EGC.index
  EGC.txt
  ENUC.4.2
  ENUC.4.4
  EPAM10
  EPAM100
  EPAM110
  EPAM120
  EPAM130
  EPAM140
  EPAM150
  EPAM160
  EPAM170
  EPAM180
  EPAM190
  EPAM20
  EPAM200
  EPAM210
  EPAM220
  EPAM230
  EPAM240
  EPAM250
  EPAM260
  EPAM270
  EPAM280
  EPAM290
  EPAM30
  EPAM300
  EPAM310
  EPAM320
  EPAM330
  EPAM340
  EPAM350
  EPAM360
  EPAM370
  EPAM380
  EPAM390
  EPAM40
  EPAM400
  EPAM410
  EPAM420
  EPAM430
  EPAM440
  EPAM450
  EPAM460
  EPAM470
  EPAM480
  EPAM490
  EPAM50
  EPAM500
  EPAM60
  EPAM70
  EPAM80
  EPAM90
  Eaa_acc_surface.dat
  Eaa_hydropathy.dat
  Eaa_properties.dat
  Eamino.dat
  Eangles.dat
  Eangles_tri.dat
  Eantigenic.dat
  Ebases.iub
  Edayhoff.freq
  Edna.melt
  Eembl.ior
  Eenergy.dat
  Efeatures.embl
  Efeatures.emboss
  Efeatures.gff2
  Efeatures.gff2protein
  Efeatures.gff3
  Efeatures.gff3protein
  Efeatures.pir
  Efeatures.protein
  Efeatures.refseqp
  Efeatures.swiss
  Efreqs.dat
  Ehet.dat
  Ehth.dat
  Ehth87.dat
  Emass.dat
  Emassmod.dat
  Ememe.dat
  Emethylsites.dat
  Emolwt.dat
  Emwfilter.dat
  Enakai.dat
  EnsemblAliases.dat
  EnsemblIdentifiers.dat
  Epepcoil.dat
  Epk.dat
  Epkexpasy.dat
  Epprofile
  Eprior1.plib
  Eprior30.plib
  Eresidues.iub
  Erna.melt
  Esig.euk
  Esig.pro
  Etags.embl
  Etags.emboss
  Etags.gff2
  Etags.gff2protein
  Etags.gff3
  Etags.gff3protein
  Etags.pir
  Etags.protein
  Etags.refseqp
  Etags.swiss
  Etcode.dat
  Evdw.dat
  Ewhite-wimley.dat
  Matrices.nucleotide
  Matrices.protein
  Matrices.proteinstructure
  SSSUB
  edialignmat
  software.obo
  tffungi
  tfinsect
  tfother
  tfplant
  tfvertebrate
  tp400_dna
  tp400_prot
  tp400_trans


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_SPLICE

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_FAM

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/OBO

  chebi.obo
  eco.obo
  evidence_code.obo
  gene_ontology.1_2.obo
  go.obo
  pathway.obo
  ro.obo
  so.obo
  software.obo


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/REBASE

  embossre.enz
  embossre.equ
  embossre.ref
  embossre.sup


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_PBM_HLH

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_PHYLOFACTS

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_CORE

  MA0070.1.pfm
  MA0071.1.pfm
  MA0072.1.pfm
  MA0073.1.pfm
  MA0074.1.pfm
  MA0075.1.pfm
  MA0076.1.pfm
  MA0077.1.pfm
  MA0078.1.pfm
  MA0079.1.pfm
  MA0079.2.pfm
  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/CODONS

  Cut.index
  EAcanthocheilonema_viteae.cut
  EAedes.cut
  EAedes_aegypti.cut
  EAedes_albopictus.cut
  EAedes_atropalpus.cut
  EAmblyomma_americanum.cut
  EAnadara_trapezia.cut
  EAphrodite_aculeata.cut
  EAstacus_astacus.cut
  EDictyostelium_discoideum.cut
  Eacc.cut
  Eacica.cut
  Eadenovirus5.cut
  Eadenovirus7.cut
  Eagrtu.cut
  Eaidlav.cut
  Eanasp.cut
  Eani.cut
  Eani_h.cut
  Eanidmit.cut
  Earath.cut
  Easn.cut
  Eath.cut
  Eatu.cut
  Eavi.cut
  Eazovi.cut
  Ebacme.cut
  Ebacst.cut
  Ebacsu.cut
  Ebacsu_high.cut
  Ebja.cut
  Ebly.cut
  Ebme.cut
  Ebmo.cut
  Ebna.cut
  Ebommo.cut
  Ebov.cut
  Ebovin.cut
  Ebovsp.cut
  Ebpphx.cut
  Ebraja.cut
  Ebrana.cut
  Ebrare.cut
  Ebst.cut
  Ebsu.cut
  Ebsu_h.cut
  Ecac.cut
  Ecaeel.cut
  Ecal.cut
  Ecanal.cut
  Ecanfa.cut
  Ecaucr.cut
  Eccr.cut
  Ecel.cut
  Echi.cut
  Echick.cut
  Echicken.cut
  Echisp.cut
  Echk.cut
  Echlre.cut
  Echltr.cut
  Echmp.cut
  Echnt.cut
  Echos.cut
  Echzm.cut
  Echzmrubp.cut
  Ecloab.cut
  Ecpx.cut
  Ecre.cut
  Ecrigr.cut
  Ecrisp.cut
  Ectr.cut
  Ecyapa.cut
  Edayhoff.cut
  Eddi.cut
  Eddi_h.cut
  Edicdi.cut
  Edicdi_high.cut
  Edog.cut
  Edro.cut
  Edro_h.cut
  Edrome.cut
  Edrome_high.cut
  Edrosophila.cut
  Eeca.cut
  Eeco.cut
  Eeco_h.cut
  Eecoli.cut
  Eecoli_high.cut
  Eemeni.cut
  Eemeni_high.cut
  Eemeni_mit.cut
  Eerwct.cut
  Ef1.cut
  Efish.cut
  Efmdvpolyp.cut
  Ehaein.cut
  Ehalma.cut
  Ehalsa.cut
  Eham.cut
  Ehha.cut
  Ehin.cut
  Ehma.cut
  Ehorvu.cut
  Ehum.cut
  Ehuman.cut
  Ekla.cut
  Eklepn.cut
  Eklula.cut
  Ekpn.cut
  Elacdl.cut
  Ella.cut
  Elyces.cut
  Emac.cut
  Emacfa.cut
  Emaize.cut
  Emaize_chl.cut
  Emam_h.cut
  Emammal_high.cut
  Emanse.cut
  Emarpo_chl.cut
  Emedsa.cut
  Emetth.cut
  Emixlg.cut
  Emouse.cut
  Emsa.cut
  Emse.cut
  Emta.cut
  Emtu.cut
  Emus.cut
  Emussp.cut
  Emva.cut
  Emyctu.cut
  Emze.cut
  Emzecp.cut
  Encr.cut
  Eneigo.cut
  Eneu.cut
  Eneucr.cut
  Engo.cut
  Eoncmy.cut
  Eoncsp.cut
  Eorysa.cut
  Eorysa_chl.cut
  Epae.cut
  Epea.cut
  Epet.cut
  Epethy.cut
  Epfa.cut
  Ephavu.cut
  Ephix174.cut
  Ephv.cut
  Ephy.cut
  Epig.cut
  Eplafa.cut
  Epolyomaa2.cut
  Epombe.cut
  Epombecai.cut
  Epot.cut
  Eppu.cut
  Eprovu.cut
  Epse.cut
  Epseae.cut
  Epsepu.cut
  Epsesm.cut
  Epsy.cut
  Epvu.cut
  Erab.cut
  Erabbit.cut
  Erabit.cut
  Erabsp.cut
  Erat.cut
  Eratsp.cut
  Erca.cut
  Erhile.cut
  Erhime.cut
  Erhm.cut
  Erhoca.cut
  Erhosh.cut
  Eric.cut
  Erle.cut
  Erme.cut
  Ersp.cut
  Esalsa.cut
  Esalsp.cut
  Esalty.cut
  Esau.cut
  Eschma.cut
  Eschpo.cut
  Eschpo_cai.cut
  Eschpo_high.cut
  Esco.cut
  Eserma.cut
  Esgi.cut
  Esheep.cut
  Eshp.cut
  Eshpsp.cut
  Esli.cut
  Eslm.cut
  Esma.cut
  Esmi.cut
  Esmu.cut
  Esoltu.cut
  Esoy.cut
  Esoybn.cut
  Espi.cut
  Espiol.cut
  Espn.cut
  Espo.cut
  Espo_h.cut
  Espu.cut
  Esta.cut
  Estaau.cut
  Estrco.cut
  Estrmu.cut
  Estrpn.cut
  Estrpu.cut
  Esty.cut
  Esus.cut
  Esv40.cut
  Esyhsp.cut
  Esynco.cut
  Esyncy.cut
  Esynsp.cut
  Etbr.cut
  Etcr.cut
  Eter.cut
  Etetsp.cut
  Etetth.cut
  Etheth.cut
  Etob.cut
  Etobac.cut
  Etobac_chl.cut
  Etobcp.cut
  Etom.cut
  Etrb.cut
  Etrybr.cut
  Etrycr.cut
  Evco.cut
  Evibch.cut
  Ewheat.cut
  Ewht.cut
  Exel.cut
  Exenla.cut
  Exenopus.cut
  Eyeast.cut
  Eyeast_cai.cut
  Eyeast_high.cut
  Eyeast_mit.cut
  Eyeastcai.cut
  Eyen.cut
  Eyeren.cut
  Eyerpe.cut
  Eysc.cut
  Eysc_h.cut
  Eyscmt.cut
  Eysp.cut
  Ezebrafish.cut
  Ezma.cut


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/TAXONOMY

  division.dmp
  gencode.dmp
  merged.dmp
  names.dmp
  nodes.dmp


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_PBM

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/AAINDEX

  chop780101
  chop780201
  chop780202
  chop780203
  chop780204
  chop780205
  chop780206
  chop780207
  chop780208
  chop780209
  chop780210
  chop780211
  chop780212
  chop780213
  chop780214
  chop780215
  chop780216
  dummyfile
  kytj820101


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_POLII

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_PBM_HOMEO

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


DIRECTORY: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/JASPAR_CNE

  dummyfile
  matrix_list.txt


   Example 3

   Make a copy of an EMBOSS data file in the current directory:


% embossdata -fetch Epepcoil.dat
Find and retrieve EMBOSS data files

File '/homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/Epepcoil.dat' has been copied successf
ully.


   Go to the output files for this example

   Example 4

   Display the directories which contain a particular EMBOSS data file:


% embossdata EPAM60
Find and retrieve EMBOSS data files

# The following directories can contain EMBOSS data files.
# They are searched in the following order until the file is found.
# If the directory does not exist, then this is noted below.
# '.' is the UNIX name for your current working directory.

File ./EPAM60                                                     Does not exist
File .embossdata/EPAM60                                           Does not exist
File /homes/user/EPAM60                                             Does not exi
st
File /homes/user/.embossdata/EPAM60                                 Does not exi
st
File /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/data/EPAM60                     Exists


Command line arguments

Find and retrieve EMBOSS data files
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-filename]          string     This specifies the name of the file that
                                  should be fetched into the current directory
                                  or searched for in all of the directories
                                  that EMBOSS programs search when looking for
                                  a data file. The name of the file is not
                                  altered when it is fetched. (Any string)

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers (* if not always prompted):
   -showall            toggle     Show all potential EMBOSS data files
*  -fetch              boolean    Fetch a data file
   -outfile            outfile    [stdout] This specifies the name of the file
                                  that the results of a search for a file in
                                  the various data directories is written to.
                                  By default these results are written to the
                                  screen (stdout).

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -reject             selection  [3, 5, 6] This specifies the names of the
                                  sub-directories of the EMBOSS data directory
                                  that should be ignored when displaying data
                                  directories.

   Associated qualifiers:

   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory         string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit


Input file format

   None.

Output file format

   All output is to stdout by default.

  Output files for usage example 3

  File: Epepcoil.dat

# Input data for PEPCOIL
# from Lupas A, van Dyke M & Stock J; Science 252:1162-4 (1991)
#
#   Freq in       Relative occurrence at heptad position
# R GenBank     a      b      c      d      e      f      g
  L  9.33     3.167  0.297  0.398  3.902  0.585  0.501  0.483
  I  5.35     2.597  0.098  0.345  0.894  0.514  0.471  0.431
  V  6.42     1.665  0.403  0.386  0.949  0.211  0.342  0.360
  M  2.34     2.240  0.370  0.480  1.409  0.541  0.772  0.663
  F  3.88     0.531  0.076  0.403  0.662  0.189  0.106  0.013
  Y  3.16     1.417  0.090  0.122  1.659  0.190  0.130  0.155
  G  7.10     0.045  0.275  0.578  0.216  0.211  0.426  0.156
  A  7.59     1.297  1.551  1.084  2.612  0.377  1.248  0.877
  K  5.72     1.375  2.639  1.763  0.191  1.815  1.961  2.795
  R  5.39     0.659  1.163  1.210  0.031  1.358  1.937  1.798
  H  2.25     0.347  0.275  0.679  0.395  0.294  0.579  0.213
  E  6.10     0.262  3.496  3.108  0.998  5.685  2.494  3.048
  D  5.03     0.030  2.352  2.268  0.237  0.663  1.620  1.448
  Q  4.27     0.179  2.114  1.778  0.631  2.550  1.578  2.526
  N  4.25     0.835  1.475  1.534  0.039  1.722  2.456  2.280
  S  7.28     0.382  0.583  1.052  0.419  0.525  0.916  0.628
  T  5.97     0.169  0.702  0.955  0.654  0.791  0.843  0.647
  C  1.86     0.824  0.022  0.308  0.152  0.180  0.156  0.044
  W  1.41     0.240  0.0    0.0    0.456  0.019  0.0    0.0
  P  5.28     0.0    0.008  0.0    0.013  0.0    0.0    0.0

Data files

   No data files are read by this program.

Notes

   Many EMBOSS programs use a data file. The data files are typically kept
   in a standard directory in the EMBOSS installation
   (.../emboss/emboss/data/). When an EMBOSS programs require a data file,
   it search for it in the following order of directories:
     * The current directory
     * .embossdata subdirectory in the current directory
     * Your home directory
     * .embossdata subdirectory in your home directory
     * The EMBOSS standard data directory

   EMBOSS will use the data file it finds first from the above
   directories. For example, a data file in the current directory is used
   in preference to a file of the same name in the EMBOSS standard data
   directory.

   It is sometimes necessary to modify a data file to change the behaviour
   of an EMBOSS program. To do this safely, you should copy the data file
   from the EMBOSS standard data directory to one of the other
   directories, such as the current directory or your home directory,
   before editing it. embossdata helps here by displaying the names of
   data files in all the directories which could hold them, and copying a
   data file from the EMBOSS standard data directory to the current
   directory.

   By convention, all EMBOSS data file names start with the character 'E',
   to distinguish them from other files on your system. For example
   genetic codes to translate codons to amino acids are held in data files
   called "EGC.0", "EGC.1", "EGC.2", etc.

  -filename option

   Name of data file to search for or copy into the current directory from
   the EMBOSS standard data directory. The name of the file is not altered
   when it is fetched. (Any string is accepted).

  -outfile option

   Name of file containing the results of searching the data directories.
   By default this is written to the screen (stdout).

  -reject option

   The names of sub-directories of the EMBOSS data directory that should
   be ignored when displaying data directories.

References

   None.

Warnings

   None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

   When copying a file, this program will report if the file has been
   copied successfully, e.g.:
"'Epepcoil.dat' has been copied successfully."

Exit status

   It always exits with status 0

Known bugs

   None noted.

See also

                    Program name                Description
                    embossupdate  Check for more recent updates to EMBOSS
   embossversion    Report the current EMBOSS version number

Author(s)

   Gary             Williams formerly at:
   MRC              Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research Wellcome Trust
   Genome           Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SB, UK

                    Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team
                    (emboss-bug (c) emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.

History

Target users

                    This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from
                    naive users to embedded scripts.

Comments

                    It should be possible to format the output for html.