+ groupfile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "group", false);
+ if (groupfile == "not found") { groupfile = ""; }
+ else {
+ splitAtDash(groupfile, groupfileNames);
+
+ //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
+ for (int i = 0; i < groupfileNames.size(); i++) {
+ if (inputDir != "") {
+ string path = hasPath(groupfileNames[i]);
+ //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+ if (path == "") { groupfileNames[i] = inputDir + groupfileNames[i]; }
+ }
+ int ableToOpen;
+
+ ifstream in;
+ ableToOpen = openInputFile(groupfileNames[i], in, "noerror");
+
+ //if you can't open it, try default location
+ if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+ if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+ string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + getSimpleName(groupfileNames[i]);
+ m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + groupfileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+ ableToOpen = openInputFile(tryPath, in, "noerror");
+ groupfileNames[i] = tryPath;
+ }
+ }
+ in.close();
+
+ if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+ m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + groupfileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); groupfileNames[i] = "";
+ //erase from file list
+ groupfileNames.erase(groupfileNames.begin()+i);
+ i--;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (groupfile != "") {
+ if (groupfileNames.size() != fastaFileNames.size()) { abort = true; m->mothurOut("If you provide a group file, you must have one for each fasta file."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+ }else {
+ for (int i = 0; i < fastaFileNames.size(); i++) { groupfileNames.push_back(""); }
+ }
+