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index aa38e7affa36e65ada9463813bfce76438c382fe..a12058e4785d00e1c21b84ea453ce82c4f62797d 100644 (file)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ FilterSeqsCommand::FilterSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        OptionParser parser(option);
                        map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
                        
-                       ValidParameters validParameter;
+                       ValidParameters validParameter("filter.seqs");
                        map<string,string>::iterator it;
                        
                        //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FilterSeqsCommand::FilterSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                                it = parameters.find("fasta");
                                //user has given a template file
                                if(it != parameters.end()){ 
-                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
                                        //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
                                        if (path == "") {       parameters["fasta"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
                                }
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ FilterSeqsCommand::FilterSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                                it = parameters.find("hard");
                                //user has given a template file
                                if(it != parameters.end()){ 
-                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
                                        //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
                                        if (path == "") {       parameters["hard"] = inputDir + it->second;             }
                                }
@@ -62,26 +62,37 @@ FilterSeqsCommand::FilterSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        fasta = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", false);
                        if (fasta == "not found") { m->mothurOut("fasta is a required parameter for the filter.seqs command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
                        else { 
-                               splitAtDash(fasta, fastafileNames);
+                               m->splitAtDash(fasta, fastafileNames);
                                
                                //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
                                for (int i = 0; i < fastafileNames.size(); i++) {
                                        if (inputDir != "") {
-                                               string path = hasPath(fastafileNames[i]);
+                                               string path = m->hasPath(fastafileNames[i]);
                                                //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
                                                if (path == "") {       fastafileNames[i] = inputDir + fastafileNames[i];               }
                                        }
 
-                                       int ableToOpen;
                                        ifstream in;
-                                       ableToOpen = openInputFile(fastafileNames[i], in);
+                                       int ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(fastafileNames[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() + m->getSimpleName(fastafileNames[i]);
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastafileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in, "noerror");
+                                                       fastafileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       in.close();
+                                       
                                        if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut(fastafileNames[i] + " will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastafileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                                //erase from file list
                                                fastafileNames.erase(fastafileNames.begin()+i);
                                                i--;
                                        }else{  
-                                               string simpleName = getSimpleName(fastafileNames[i]);
+                                               string simpleName = m->getSimpleName(fastafileNames[i]);
                                                filterFileName += simpleName.substr(0, simpleName.find_first_of('.'));
                                        }
                                        in.close();
@@ -95,13 +106,16 @@ FilterSeqsCommand::FilterSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                                //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
                                outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  
                                        outputDir = ""; 
-                                       outputDir += hasPath(fastafileNames[0]); //if user entered a file with a path then preserve it  
+                                       outputDir += m->hasPath(fastafileNames[0]); //if user entered a file with a path then preserve it       
                                }
                        }
                        //check for optional parameter and set defaults
                        // ...at some point should added some additional type checking...
                        
                        string temp;
+                       hard = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "hard", true);                              if (hard == "not found") { hard = ""; }
+                       else if (hard == "not open") { hard = ""; abort = true; }       
+
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "trump", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "*"; }
                        trump = temp[0];
                        
@@ -111,13 +125,13 @@ FilterSeqsCommand::FilterSeqsCommand(string option)  {
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "1";                             }
                        convert(temp, processors); 
                        
-                       hard = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "hard", true);                              if (hard == "not found") { hard = ""; }
-                       else if (hard == "not open") { abort = true; }  
-                       
-                       vertical = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "vertical", false);             if (vertical == "not found") { vertical = "T"; }
+                       vertical = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "vertical", false);             
+                       if (vertical == "not found") { 
+                               if ((hard == "") && (trump == '*') && (soft == 0)) { vertical = "T"; } //you have not given a hard file or set the trump char.
+                               else { vertical = "F";  }
+                       }
                        
                        numSeqs = 0;
-                       
                }
                
        }
@@ -133,16 +147,17 @@ void FilterSeqsCommand::help(){
        try {
                                
                m->mothurOut("The filter.seqs command reads a file containing sequences and creates a .filter and .filter.fasta file.\n");
-               m->mothurOut("The filter.seqs command parameters are fasta, trump, soft, hard and vertical. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The filter.seqs command parameters are fasta, trump, soft, hard, processors and vertical. \n");
                m->mothurOut("The fasta parameter is required. You may enter several fasta files to build the filter from and filter, by separating their names with -'s.\n");
                m->mothurOut("For example: fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amazon.fasta \n");
                m->mothurOut("The trump parameter .... The default is ...\n");
                m->mothurOut("The soft parameter .... The default is ....\n");
-               m->mothurOut("The hard parameter .... The default is ....\n");
-               m->mothurOut("The vertical parameter .... The default is T.\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The hard parameter allows you to enter a file containing the filter you want to use.\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The vertical parameter removes columns where all sequences contain a gap character. The default is T.\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The processors parameter allows you to specify the number of processors to use. The default is 1.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The filter.seqs command should be in the following format: \n");
-               m->mothurOut("filter.seqs(fasta=yourFastaFile, trump=yourTrump, soft=yourSoft, hard=yourHard, vertical=yourVertical) \n");
-               m->mothurOut("Example filter.seqs(fasta=abrecovery.fasta, trump=..., soft=..., hard=..., vertical=T).\n");
+               m->mothurOut("filter.seqs(fasta=yourFastaFile, trump=yourTrump) \n");
+               m->mothurOut("Example filter.seqs(fasta=abrecovery.fasta, trump=.).\n");
                m->mothurOut("Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFasta).\n\n");
                
        }
@@ -158,63 +173,54 @@ int FilterSeqsCommand::execute() {
        try {
        
                if (abort == true) { return 0; }
-               vector<string> outputNames;
                
                ifstream inFASTA;
-               openInputFile(fastafileNames[0], inFASTA);
+               m->openInputFile(fastafileNames[0], inFASTA);
                
                Sequence testSeq(inFASTA);
                alignmentLength = testSeq.getAlignLength();
                inFASTA.close();
                
                ////////////create filter/////////////////
+               m->mothurOut("Creating Filter... "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                
                filter = createFilter();
                
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();  m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               
+               if (m->control_pressed) { return 0; }
+               
+               #ifdef USE_MPI
+                       int pid;
+                       MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
+                                       
+                       if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output the filter
+               #endif
+               
                ofstream outFilter;
                
-               string filterFile = outputDir + filterFileName + ".filter";
-               openOutputFile(filterFile, outFilter);
+               //prevent giantic file name
+               string filterFile;
+               if (fastafileNames.size() > 3) { filterFile = outputDir + "merge.filter"; }
+               else {  filterFile = outputDir + filterFileName + ".filter";  }
+               
+               m->openOutputFile(filterFile, outFilter);
                outFilter << filter << endl;
                outFilter.close();
                outputNames.push_back(filterFile);
                
+               #ifdef USE_MPI
+                       }
+               #endif
                
                ////////////run filter/////////////////
                
-               numSeqs = 0;
-               for (int i = 0; i < fastafileNames.size(); i++) {
-                       ifstream in;
-                       openInputFile(fastafileNames[i], in);
-                       string filteredFasta = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafileNames[i])) + "filter.fasta";
-                       ofstream outFASTA;
-                       openOutputFile(filteredFasta, outFASTA);
-                       outputNames.push_back(filteredFasta);
-                       
-                       
-                       while(!in.eof()){
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { in.close(); outFASTA.close(); for(int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) { remove(outputNames[i].c_str()); }  return 0; }
-                               
-                               Sequence seq(in);
-                               if (seq.getName() != "") {
-                                       string align = seq.getAligned();
-                                       string filterSeq = "";
-                                       
-                                       for(int j=0;j<alignmentLength;j++){
-                                               if(filter[j] == '1'){
-                                                       filterSeq += align[j];
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       outFASTA << '>' << seq.getName() << endl << filterSeq << endl;
-                                       numSeqs++;
-                               }
-                               gobble(in);
-                       }
-                       outFASTA.close();
-                       in.close();
-               }
+               m->mothurOut("Running Filter... "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                
+               filterSequences();
+               
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();  m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       
                int filteredLength = 0;
                for(int i=0;i<alignmentLength;i++){
                        if(filter[i] == '1'){   filteredLength++;       }
@@ -244,10 +250,328 @@ int FilterSeqsCommand::execute() {
        }
 }
 /**************************************************************************************/
-string FilterSeqsCommand::createFilter() {     
+int FilterSeqsCommand::filterSequences() {     
+       try {
+               
+               numSeqs = 0;
+               
+               for (int s = 0; s < fastafileNames.size(); s++) {
+                       
+                               for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
+                               
+                               string filteredFasta = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastafileNames[s])) + "filter.fasta";
+#ifdef USE_MPI 
+                               int pid, start, end, numSeqsPerProcessor, num; 
+                               int tag = 2001;
+                               vector<unsigned long int>MPIPos;
+                                               
+                               MPI_Status status; 
+                               MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors); //set processors to the number of mpi processes running
+                               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
+                               
+                               MPI_File outMPI;
+                               MPI_File tempMPI;
+                               MPI_File inMPI;
+                               int outMode=MPI_MODE_CREATE|MPI_MODE_WRONLY; 
+                               int inMode=MPI_MODE_RDONLY; 
+                               
+                               char outFilename[1024];
+                               strcpy(outFilename, filteredFasta.c_str());
+                       
+                               char inFileName[1024];
+                               strcpy(inFileName, fastafileNames[s].c_str());
+                               
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, inFileName, inMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &inMPI);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPI);
+
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);  return 0;  }
+
+                               if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process 
+                                       
+                                       MPIPos = m->setFilePosFasta(fastafileNames[s], num); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs
+                                       numSeqs += num;
+                                       
+                                       //send file positions to all processes
+                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                               MPI_Send(&num, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                               MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (num+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to do
+                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = num / processors;
+                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = num - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;  }
+                                       
+                               
+                                       //do your part
+                                       driverMPIRun(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, MPIPos);
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);  return 0;  }
+                                       
+                                       //wait on chidren
+                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                               char buf[5];
+                                               MPI_Recv(buf, 5, MPI_CHAR, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status); 
+                                       }
+                                       
+                               }else { //you are a child process
+                                       MPI_Recv(&num, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                       MPIPos.resize(num+1);
+                                       numSeqs += num;
+                                       MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (num+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                       
+                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = num / processors;
+                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = num - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;  }
+                                       
+                                       
+                                       //align your part
+                                       driverMPIRun(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, MPIPos);           
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);  return 0;  }
+                                       
+                                       char buf[5];
+                                       strcpy(buf, "done"); 
+                                       
+                                       //tell parent you are done.
+                                       MPI_Send(buf, 5, MPI_CHAR, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                               }
+                               
+                               MPI_File_close(&outMPI);
+                               MPI_File_close(&inMPI);
+                               MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); //make everyone wait - just in case
+                               
+#else
+                       vector<unsigned long int> positions = m->divideFile(fastafileNames[s], processors);
+                               
+                       for (int i = 0; i < (positions.size()-1); i++) {
+                               lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[i], positions[(i+1)]));
+                       }       
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               if(processors == 1){
+                                       int numFastaSeqs = driverRunFilter(filter, filteredFasta, fastafileNames[s], lines[0]);
+                                       numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
+                               }else{
+                                       int numFastaSeqs = createProcessesRunFilter(filter, fastafileNames[s]); 
+                                       numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
+                               
+                                       rename((fastafileNames[s] + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), filteredFasta.c_str());
+                               
+                                       //append fasta files
+                                       for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
+                                               m->appendFiles((fastafileNames[s] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), filteredFasta);
+                                               remove((fastafileNames[s] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  return 1; }
+               #else
+                               int numFastaSeqs = driverRunFilter(filter, filteredFasta, fastafileNames[s], lines[0]);
+                               numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
+
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  return 1; }
+               #endif
+#endif
+                       outputNames.push_back(filteredFasta);
+               }
+
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "filterSequences");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+/**************************************************************************************/
+int FilterSeqsCommand::driverMPIRun(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& outMPI, vector<unsigned long int>& MPIPos) {        
+       try {
+               string outputString = "";
+               int count = 0;
+               MPI_Status status; 
+               
+               for(int i=0;i<num;i++){
+               
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { return 0; }
+               
+                       //read next sequence
+                       int length = MPIPos[start+i+1] - MPIPos[start+i];
+                       char* buf4 = new char[length];
+                       MPI_File_read_at(inMPI, MPIPos[start+i], buf4, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                       
+                       string tempBuf = buf4;
+                       if (tempBuf.length() > length) { tempBuf = tempBuf.substr(0, length);  }
+                       istringstream iss (tempBuf,istringstream::in);
+                       delete buf4;
+       
+                       Sequence seq(iss);  m->gobble(iss);
+                       
+                       if (seq.getName() != "") {
+                               string align = seq.getAligned();
+                               string filterSeq = "";
+                                       
+                               for(int j=0;j<alignmentLength;j++){
+                                       if(filter[j] == '1'){
+                                               filterSeq += align[j];
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               count++;
+                               outputString += ">" + seq.getName() + "\n" + filterSeq + "\n";
+                               
+                               if(count % 10 == 0){ //output to file 
+                                       //send results to parent
+                                       int length = outputString.length();
+                                       char* buf = new char[length];
+                                       memcpy(buf, outputString.c_str(), length);
+                               
+                                       MPI_File_write_shared(outMPI, buf, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                                       outputString = "";
+                                       delete buf;
+                               }
+
+                       }
+                       
+                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   cout << (i+1) << endl;   m->mothurOutJustToLog(toString(i+1) + "\n");   }
+               }
+               
+               if(outputString != ""){ //output to file 
+                       //send results to parent
+                       int length = outputString.length();
+                       char* buf = new char[length];
+                       memcpy(buf, outputString.c_str(), length);
+                       
+                       MPI_File_write_shared(outMPI, buf, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                       outputString = "";
+                       delete buf;
+               }
+               
+               if((num) % 100 != 0){   cout << (num) << endl;   m->mothurOutJustToLog(toString(num) + "\n");   }
+                       
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "driverRunFilter");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+#endif
+/**************************************************************************************/
+int FilterSeqsCommand::driverRunFilter(string F, string outputFilename, string inputFilename, linePair* filePos) {     
+       try {
+               ofstream out;
+               m->openOutputFile(outputFilename, out);
+               
+               ifstream in;
+               m->openInputFile(inputFilename, in);
+                               
+               in.seekg(filePos->start);
+
+               bool done = false;
+               int count = 0;
+       
+               while (!done) {
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { in.close(); out.close(); return 0; }
+                               
+                               Sequence seq(in); m->gobble(in);
+                               if (seq.getName() != "") {
+                                       string align = seq.getAligned();
+                                       string filterSeq = "";
+                                       
+                                       for(int j=0;j<alignmentLength;j++){
+                                               if(filter[j] == '1'){
+                                                       filterSeq += align[j];
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       out << '>' << seq.getName() << endl << filterSeq << endl;
+                               count++;
+                       }
+                       
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               unsigned long int pos = in.tellg();
+                               if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= filePos->end)) { break; }
+                       #else
+                               if (in.eof()) { break; }
+                       #endif
+                       
+                       //report progress
+                       if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+               }
+               //report progress
+               if((count) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+               
+               
+               out.close();
+               in.close();
+               
+               return count;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "driverRunFilter");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+int FilterSeqsCommand::createProcessesRunFilter(string F, string filename) {
        try {
-               string filterString = "";
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+               int process = 0;
+               int num = 0;
+               processIDS.clear();
+               
+               //loop through and create all the processes you want
+               while (process != processors) {
+                       int pid = fork();
+                       
+                       if (pid > 0) {
+                               processIDS.push_back(pid);  //create map from line number to pid so you can append files in correct order later
+                               process++;
+                       }else if (pid == 0){
+                               string filteredFasta = filename + toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
+                               num = driverRunFilter(F, filteredFasta, filename, lines[process]);
+                               
+                               //pass numSeqs to parent
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string tempFile = filename +  toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
+                               m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
+                               out << num << endl;
+                               out.close();
+                               
+                               exit(0);
+                       }else { m->mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }
+               }
+               
+               //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
+               for (int i=0;i<processors;i++) { 
+                       int temp = processIDS[i];
+                       wait(&temp);
+               }       
+                                       
+               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) {
+                       ifstream in;
+                       string tempFile =  filename + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
+                       m->openInputFile(tempFile, in);
+                       if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; in >> tempNum; num += tempNum; }
+                       in.close(); remove(tempFile.c_str());
+               }
+
                
+               return num;
+#endif         
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "createProcessesRunFilter");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+/**************************************************************************************/
+string FilterSeqsCommand::createFilter() {     
+       try {
+               string filterString = "";                       
                Filters F;
                
                if (soft != 0)                  {  F.setSoft(soft);             }
@@ -255,7 +579,7 @@ string FilterSeqsCommand::createFilter() {
                
                F.setLength(alignmentLength);
                
-               if(soft != 0 || isTrue(vertical)){
+               if(trump != '*' || m->isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){
                        F.initialize();
                }
                
@@ -263,242 +587,181 @@ string FilterSeqsCommand::createFilter() {
                else                                            {       F.setFilter(string(alignmentLength, '1'));      }
                
                numSeqs = 0;
-               
-               if(trump != '*' || isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){
+               if(trump != '*' || m->isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){
                        for (int s = 0; s < fastafileNames.size(); s++) {
                        
                                for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
                        
 #ifdef USE_MPI 
-                               int pid, rc, ierr; 
-                               int Atag = 1; int Ttag = 2; int Ctag = 3; int Gtag = 4; int Gaptag = 5;
+                               int pid, numSeqsPerProcessor, num; 
                                int tag = 2001;
+                               vector<unsigned long int> MPIPos;
                                
                                MPI_Status status; 
-                               MPI_File in; 
-                               rc = MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors);
-                               rc = MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
-                                               
+                               MPI_File inMPI; 
+                               MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors);
+                               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
                                                        
-                               char* tempFileName = new char(fastafileNames[s].length());
-                               tempFileName = &(fastafileNames[s][0]);
+                               //char* tempFileName = new char(fastafileNames[s].length());
+                               //tempFileName = &(fastafileNames[s][0]);
+                               
+                               char tempFileName[1024];
+                               strcpy(tempFileName, fastafileNames[s].c_str());
+               
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, tempFileName, MPI_MODE_RDONLY, MPI_INFO_NULL, &inMPI);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer
                                
-                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, tempFileName, MPI_MODE_RDONLY, MPI_INFO_NULL, &in);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  return 0;  }
                                
                                if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process
-                                               setLines(fastafileNames[s]);
+                                               MPIPos = m->setFilePosFasta(fastafileNames[s], num); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs
+                                               numSeqs += num;
                                                
-                                               for (int j = 0; j < lines.size(); j++) { //each process
-                                                       if (j != 0) { //don't send to yourself
-                                                               MPI_Send(&lines[j]->start, 1, MPI_INT, j, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //start position in file
-                                                               MPI_Send(&lines[j]->numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, j, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //how many sequences we are sending
-                                                               MPI_Send(&bufferSizes[j], 1, MPI_INT, j, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //how bytes for the read
-                                                       }
+                                               //send file positions to all processes
+                                               for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                                       MPI_Send(&num, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                                       MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (num+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                                                }
-                                               //cout << "done sending" << endl;
-                                               //cout << "parent = " << pid << " lines = " << lines[pid]->start << '\t' << lines[pid]->numSeqs << " size = " <<  lines.size() << endl; 
-                                                
-                               cout << "parent =  " << pid << " address of Filter " << &F << " address of FilterString  " << &filterString << " address of numSeqs = " << &numSeqs << " address of soft = " << &soft << endl;          
-                               
-                                               char* buf = new char(bufferSizes[0]);
-                       //cout << pid << '\t' << bufferSizes[0] << " line 1 start pos = " << lines[1]->start   << " buffer size 0 " << bufferSizes[0] << " buffer size 1 " << bufferSizes[1] << endl;                   
-                                               MPI_File_read_at(in, 0, buf, bufferSizes[0], MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                                                               
+                                               //figure out how many sequences you have to do
+                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = num / processors;
+                                               int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                               if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = num - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;  }
                                                
-               cout << pid << " done reading " << &buf <<  endl;
-                                               string tempBuf = buf;
-                                               delete buf;
-                       //cout << pid << '\t' << (tempBuf.substr(0, 10)) << endl;
-                       
-                                               //parse buffer                                          
-                                               istringstream iss (tempBuf,istringstream::in);
-                                               string name, seqstring;
-                                               vector<string> seqs;
-                                       
-                                               while (iss) {
-                       
-                                                       if (m->control_pressed) { return filterString; }
-                                                       cout << "here" << endl;                 
-                                                       Sequence seq(iss); 
-                                                       cout << "here1" << endl;                        
-                                                       gobble(iss);
-                                                       cout << seq.getName() << endl;          
-                                                       if (seq.getName() != "") {
-                                                               seqs.push_back(seq.getAligned());       
-                                                       }
-                                                       
-                                               }
-                                               
-                                               for(int i=0;i<seqs.size();i++){
                                
-                                                       if (m->control_pressed) { return filterString; }
-                       
-                                                       Sequence seq("", seqs[i]);
-                       
-                                                       if(trump != '*'){       F.doTrump(seq); }
-                                                       if(isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){      F.getFreqs(seq);        }
-                                                       cout.flush();
-                                               
-                                                       //report progress
-                                                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
-                                               }
-               
-                                               //report progress
-                                               if((seqs.size()) % 100 != 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(seqs.size())); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
-
                                                //do your part
-                                               //MPICreateFilter(F, seqs);
-                                               
-                                               vector<int> temp; temp.resize(alignmentLength);
-                                               
-                                               //get the frequencies from the child processes
-                                               for(int i = 0; i < ((processors-1)*5); i++) { 
-                               cout << "i = " << i << endl;
-                                                       int ierr = MPI_Recv(&temp, alignmentLength, MPI_INT, MPI_ANY_SOURCE, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status); 
-                                                       
-                                                       int receiveTag = temp[temp.size()-1];  //child process added a int to the end to indicate what letter count this is for
-                                                       
-                                                       int sender = status.MPI_SOURCE; 
-                                                       
-                                                       if (receiveTag == Atag) { //you are recieveing the A frequencies
-                                                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.a[k] += temp[k];      }
-                                                       }else if (receiveTag == Ttag) { //you are recieveing the T frequencies
-                                                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.t[k] += temp[k];      }
-                                                       }else if (receiveTag == Ctag) { //you are recieveing the C frequencies
-                                                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.c[k] += temp[k];      }
-                                                       }else if (receiveTag == Gtag) { //you are recieveing the G frequencies
-                                                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.g[k] += temp[k];      }
-                                                       }else if (receiveTag == Gaptag) { //you are recieveing the gap frequencies
-                                                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.gap[k] += temp[k];    }
-                                                       }
-                                                       
-                                                       m->mothurOut("receive tag = " + toString(receiveTag) + " " + toString(sender) + " is complete."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                               } 
-
+                                               MPICreateFilter(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, F, inMPI, MPIPos);
                                                
+                                               if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  return 0;  }
+                                                                                               
                                }else { //i am the child process
-                                       int startPos, numLines, bufferSize;
-                               cout << "child = " << pid << " address of Filter " << &F << " address of FilterString  " << &filterString << " address of numSeqs = " << &numSeqs << " address of soft = " << &soft<< endl;     
-                                       ierr = MPI_Recv(&startPos, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
-                                       ierr = MPI_Recv(&numLines, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
-                                       ierr = MPI_Recv(&bufferSize, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
-                               //cout << "child = " << pid << " done recv messages startpos = " << startPos << " numLines = " << numLines << " buffersize = " << bufferSize << endl;   
-                               
+                                       MPI_Recv(&num, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                       MPIPos.resize(num+1);
+                                       numSeqs += num;
+                                       MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (num+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
                                        
-                                       //send freqs
-                                       char* buf2 = new char(bufferSize);
-                                       MPI_File_read_at( in, startPos, buf2, bufferSize, MPI_CHAR, &status);
-                               cout << pid << " done reading " << &buf2 <<  endl;
+                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = num / processors;
+                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = num - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;  }
                                        
-                                       string tempBuf = buf2;
-                                       delete buf2;
-               //      cout << pid << '\t' << (tempBuf.substr(0, 10)) << endl;
-                                       istringstream iss (tempBuf,istringstream::in);
                                        
-                                       string name, seqstring;
-                                       vector<string> seqs;
-                                       
-                                       while (iss) {
-                       
-                                               if (m->control_pressed) { return filterString; }
-                                               cout << "here" << endl;                 
-                                               Sequence seq(iss); 
-                                               cout << "here1" << endl;                        
-                                               gobble(iss);
-                                               cout << seq.getName() << endl;  
-                                                       
-                                               if (seq.getName() != "") {
-                                                       seqs.push_back(seq.getAligned());       
-                                               }
-                                       }
-
-                                       for(int i=0;i<seqs.size();i++){
-                               
-                                               if (m->control_pressed) { return filterString; }
-                       
-                                               Sequence seq("", seqs[i]);
-                       
-                                               if(trump != '*'){       F.doTrump(seq); }
-                                               if(isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){      F.getFreqs(seq);        }
-                                               cout.flush();
-                                               
-                                               //report progress
-                                               if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
-                                       }
-               
-                                       //report progress
-                                       if((seqs.size()) % 100 != 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(seqs.size())); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
-               
-                                       //MPICreateFilter(F, seqs);
-                               
-                                       //send my fequency counts
-                                       F.a.push_back(Atag);
-                                       int ierr = MPI_Send( &F.a[0], alignmentLength, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-                                       F.t.push_back(Ttag);
-                                       ierr = MPI_Send( &F.t[0], alignmentLength, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-                                       F.c.push_back(Ctag);
-                                       ierr = MPI_Send( &F.c[0], alignmentLength, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-                                       F.g.push_back(Gtag);
-                                       ierr = MPI_Send( &F.g[0], alignmentLength, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-                                       F.gap.push_back(Gaptag);
-                                       ierr = MPI_Send( &F.gap[0], alignmentLength, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                       //do your part
+                                       MPICreateFilter(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, F, inMPI,  MPIPos);
                                        
-                                       cout << "child " << pid << " done sending counts" << endl;
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  return 0;  }
                                }
                                
-                               MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                               MPI_File_close(&inMPI);
+                               MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); //make everyone wait - just in case
                                
 #else
+               vector<unsigned long int> positions = m->divideFile(fastafileNames[s], processors);
+                               
+               for (int i = 0; i < (positions.size()-1); i++) {
+                       lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[i], positions[(i+1)]));
+               }       
                #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                                if(processors == 1){
-                                       ifstream inFASTA;
-                                       openInputFile(fastafileNames[s], inFASTA);
-                                       int numFastaSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
-                                       inFASTA.close();
-                                       
+                                       int numFastaSeqs = driverCreateFilter(F, fastafileNames[s], lines[0]);
                                        numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
-                                       
-                                       lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numFastaSeqs));
-                                       
-                                       driverCreateFilter(F, fastafileNames[s], lines[0]);
                                }else{
-                                       
-                                       setLines(fastafileNames[s]);                                    
-                                       createProcessesCreateFilter(F, fastafileNames[s]); 
+                                       int numFastaSeqs = createProcessesCreateFilter(F, fastafileNames[s]); 
+                                       numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
                                }
-               #else
-                               ifstream inFASTA;
-                               openInputFile(fastafileNames[s], inFASTA);
-                               int numFastaSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
-                               inFASTA.close();
                                
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  return filterString; }
+               #else
+                               int numFastaSeqs = driverCreateFilter(F, fastafileNames[s], lines[0]);
                                numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
-                               
-                               lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numFastaSeqs));
-                               
-                               driverCreateFilter(F, lines[0], fastafileNames[s]);
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  return filterString; }
                #endif
 #endif
                        
                        }
                }
 
-#ifdef USE_MPI
 
-//merge all frequency data and create filter string
-                                       //int pid;
-                                       //MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
+#ifdef USE_MPI 
+               int pid;
+               int Atag = 1; int Ttag = 2; int Ctag = 3; int Gtag = 4; int Gaptag = 5;
+               MPI_Status status;
+               
+               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
+               
+               if(trump != '*' || m->isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){
+                       
+                       if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output the filter
+                       
+                               vector<int> temp; temp.resize(alignmentLength+1);
+                                                               
+                               //get the frequencies from the child processes
+                               for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                               
+                                       for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
                                        
-                                       //if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen
+                                               MPI_Recv(&temp[0], (alignmentLength+1), MPI_INT, i, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status); 
+                                               int receiveTag = temp[temp.size()-1];  //child process added a int to the end to indicate what letter count this is for
+                                               
+                                               if (receiveTag == Atag) { //you are recieveing the A frequencies
+                                                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.a[k] += temp[k];      }
+                                               }else if (receiveTag == Ttag) { //you are recieveing the T frequencies
+                                                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.t[k] += temp[k];      }
+                                               }else if (receiveTag == Ctag) { //you are recieveing the C frequencies
+                                                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.c[k] += temp[k];      }
+                                               }else if (receiveTag == Gtag) { //you are recieveing the G frequencies
+                                                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.g[k] += temp[k];      }
+                                               }else if (receiveTag == Gaptag) { //you are recieveing the gap frequencies
+                                                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             F.gap[k] += temp[k];    }
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               } 
+                       }else{
+                       
+                               //send my fequency counts
+                               F.a.push_back(Atag);
+                               int ierr = MPI_Send(&(F.a[0]), (alignmentLength+1), MPI_INT, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                               F.t.push_back(Ttag);
+                               ierr = MPI_Send (&(F.t[0]), (alignmentLength+1), MPI_INT, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                               F.c.push_back(Ctag);
+                               ierr = MPI_Send(&(F.c[0]), (alignmentLength+1), MPI_INT, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                               F.g.push_back(Gtag);
+                               ierr = MPI_Send(&(F.g[0]), (alignmentLength+1), MPI_INT, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                               F.gap.push_back(Gaptag);
+                               ierr = MPI_Send(&(F.gap[0]), (alignmentLength+1), MPI_INT, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                       }
+                       
+               }
+               
+               MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); //make everyone wait - just in case
+               
+               if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output the filter
 #endif
 
-       cout << "made it here" << endl; 
                F.setNumSeqs(numSeqs);
-                               
-               if(isTrue(vertical) == 1)       {       F.doVertical(); }
+               if(m->isTrue(vertical) == 1)    {       F.doVertical(); }
                if(soft != 0)                           {       F.doSoft();             }
-//cout << "Filter String = " << F.getFilter() << endl;                 
                filterString = F.getFilter();
-
+               
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+               //send filter string to kids
+               //for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+               //      MPI_Send(&filterString[0], alignmentLength, MPI_CHAR, i, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+               //}
+               MPI_Bcast(&filterString[0], alignmentLength, MPI_CHAR, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+       }else{
+               //recieve filterString
+               char* tempBuf = new char[alignmentLength];
+               //MPI_Recv(&tempBuf[0], alignmentLength, MPI_CHAR, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+               MPI_Bcast(tempBuf, alignmentLength, MPI_CHAR, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+               
+               filterString = tempBuf;
+               if (filterString.length() > alignmentLength) { filterString = filterString.substr(0, alignmentLength);  }
+               delete tempBuf; 
+       }
+       
+       MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+#endif
+                               
                return filterString;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -507,61 +770,90 @@ string FilterSeqsCommand::createFilter() {
        }
 }
 /**************************************************************************************/
-int FilterSeqsCommand::driverCreateFilter(Filters& F, string filename, linePair* line) {       
+int FilterSeqsCommand::driverCreateFilter(Filters& F, string filename, linePair* filePos) {    
        try {
                
                ifstream in;
-               openInputFile(filename, in);
+               m->openInputFile(filename, in);
                                
-               in.seekg(line->start);
-               
-               for(int i=0;i<line->numSeqs;i++){
+               in.seekg(filePos->start);
+
+               bool done = false;
+               int count = 0;
+       
+               while (!done) {
                                
                        if (m->control_pressed) { in.close(); return 1; }
                                        
-                       Sequence seq(in);
+                       Sequence seq(in); m->gobble(in);
                        if (seq.getName() != "") {
-                                       if(trump != '*'){       F.doTrump(seq); }
-                                       if(isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){      F.getFreqs(seq);        }
+                                       if (seq.getAligned().length() != alignmentLength) { m->mothurOut("Sequences are not all the same length, please correct."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->control_pressed = true;  }
+                                       
+                                       if(trump != '*')                        {       F.doTrump(seq);         }
+                                       if(m->isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0)    {       F.getFreqs(seq);        }
                                        cout.flush();
+                                       count++;
                        }
                        
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               unsigned long int pos = in.tellg();
+                               if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= filePos->end)) { break; }
+                       #else
+                               if (in.eof()) { break; }
+                       #endif
+                       
                        //report progress
-                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
+                       if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
                }
-               
                //report progress
-               if((line->numSeqs) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(line->numSeqs)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
-               
+               if((count) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
                in.close();
                
-               return 0;
+               return count;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "driverCreateFilter");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
+#ifdef USE_MPI
 /**************************************************************************************/
-int FilterSeqsCommand::MPICreateFilter(Filters& F, vector<string>& seqStrings) {       
+int FilterSeqsCommand::MPICreateFilter(int start, int num, Filters& F, MPI_File& inMPI, vector<unsigned long int>& MPIPos) {   
        try {
                
-               for(int i=0;i<seqStrings.size();i++){
-                               
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { return 1; }
+               MPI_Status status; 
+               int pid;
+               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
+               
+               for(int i=0;i<num;i++){
                        
-                       Sequence seq("", seqStrings[0]);
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { return 0; }
+                       
+                       //read next sequence
+                       int length = MPIPos[start+i+1] - MPIPos[start+i];
+       
+                       char* buf4 = new char[length];
+                       MPI_File_read_at(inMPI, MPIPos[start+i], buf4, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                       
+                       string tempBuf = buf4;
+                       if (tempBuf.length() > length) { tempBuf = tempBuf.substr(0, length);  }
+                       istringstream iss (tempBuf,istringstream::in);
+                       delete buf4;
+
+                       Sequence seq(iss);  
+
+                       if (seq.getAligned().length() != alignmentLength) {  cout << "Alignment length is " << alignmentLength << " and sequence " << seq.getName() << " has length " << seq.getAligned().length() << ", please correct." << endl; exit(1);  }
                        
                        if(trump != '*'){       F.doTrump(seq); }
-                       if(isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){      F.getFreqs(seq);        }
+                       if(m->isTrue(vertical) || soft != 0){   F.getFreqs(seq);        }
                        cout.flush();
                                                
                        //report progress
-                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
+                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   cout << (i+1) << endl;   m->mothurOutJustToLog(toString(i+1) + "\n");   }
                }
                
                //report progress
-               if((seqStrings.size()) % 100 != 0){     m->mothurOut(toString(seqStrings.size())); m->mothurOutEndLine();               }
+               if((num) % 100 != 0){   cout << num << endl; m->mothurOutJustToLog(toString(num) + "\n");       }
                
                return 0;
        }
@@ -570,126 +862,91 @@ int FilterSeqsCommand::MPICreateFilter(Filters& F, vector<string>& seqStrings) {
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
+#endif
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
 int FilterSeqsCommand::createProcessesCreateFilter(Filters& F, string filename) {
        try {
 #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-               int process = 0;
-               int exitCommand = 1;
-               vector<int> processIDS;
+               int process = 1;
+               int num = 0;
+               processIDS.clear();
                
                //loop through and create all the processes you want
                while (process != processors) {
-                       int pid = vfork();
+                       int pid = fork();
                        
                        if (pid > 0) {
                                processIDS.push_back(pid);  //create map from line number to pid so you can append files in correct order later
                                process++;
                        }else if (pid == 0){
-                               driverCreateFilter(F, filename, lines[process]);
+                               //reset child's filter counts to 0;
+                               F.a.clear(); F.a.resize(alignmentLength, 0);
+                               F.t.clear(); F.t.resize(alignmentLength, 0);
+                               F.g.clear(); F.g.resize(alignmentLength, 0);
+                               F.c.clear(); F.c.resize(alignmentLength, 0);
+                               F.gap.clear(); F.gap.resize(alignmentLength, 0);
+                               
+                               num = driverCreateFilter(F, filename, lines[process]);
+                               
+                               //write out filter counts to file
+                               filename += toString(getpid()) + "filterValues.temp";
+                               ofstream out;
+                               m->openOutputFile(filename, out);
+                               
+                               out << num << endl;
+                               out << F.getFilter() << endl;
+                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             out << F.a[k] << '\t'; }  out << endl;
+                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             out << F.t[k] << '\t'; }  out << endl;
+                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             out << F.g[k] << '\t'; }  out << endl;
+                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             out << F.c[k] << '\t'; }  out << endl;
+                               for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             out << F.gap[k] << '\t'; }  out << endl;
+
+                               //cout << F.getFilter() << endl;
+                               out.close();
+                               
                                exit(0);
                        }else { m->mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }
                }
                
+               //parent do your part
+               num = driverCreateFilter(F, filename, lines[0]);
+               
                //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
-               for (int i=0;i<processors;i++) { 
+               for (int i=0;i<(processors-1);i++) { 
                        int temp = processIDS[i];
                        wait(&temp);
                }
                
-               return exitCommand;
-#endif         
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "createProcessesCreateFilter");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-}
-/**************************************************************************************************/
-
-int FilterSeqsCommand::setLines(string filename) {
-       try {
-               vector<int> positions;
-               map<int, int> buf;
-               bufferSizes.clear();
-               
-               int pid;
-               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
-       
-               ifstream inFASTA;
-               openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+               //parent reads in and combines Filter info
+               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) {
+                       string tempFilename = filename + toString(processIDS[i]) + "filterValues.temp";
+                       ifstream in;
+                       m->openInputFile(tempFilename, in);
                        
-               string input;
-               int numbuf = 0;
-               while(!inFASTA.eof()){  
-                       input = getline(inFASTA);
+                       int temp, tempNum;
+                       string tempFilterString;
 
-                       if (input.length() != 0) {
-                               numbuf += input.length();
-                               if(input[0] == '>'){    long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);  buf[(pos - input.length() - 1)] = numbuf; }
-                       }
-               }
+                       in >> tempNum; m->gobble(in); num += tempNum;
 
-               inFASTA.close();
-               
-               int numFastaSeqs = positions.size();
-               
-               numSeqs += numFastaSeqs;
-               
-               int numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;
-               
-               for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
+                       in >> tempFilterString;
+                       F.mergeFilter(tempFilterString);
 
-                       long int startPos = positions[ i * numSeqsPerProcessor ];
-                       if(i == processors - 1){
-                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
-                               bufferSizes.push_back(numbuf-buf[startPos]);
-                       }else{  
-                               int myEnd = positions[ (i+1) * numSeqsPerProcessor ];
-                               bufferSizes.push_back(buf[myEnd]-buf[startPos]);
-                       }
-                       lines.push_back(new linePair(startPos, numSeqsPerProcessor));
-               }
-               
-               return 0;
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "setLines");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-}
-/**************************************************************************************************/
-int FilterSeqsCommand::parseBuffer(string file, vector<string>& seqs) {
-       try {
-               
-               istringstream iss (file,istringstream::in);
-               string name, seqstring;
-int pid;
-MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
-       Sequence* seq34 = new Sequence();       
-cout << "address of new sequence " << pid << '\t' << seq34 << endl;
-cout << "address of seqStrings " << pid << '\t' << &seqs << endl;
-       
-               while (iss) {
-                       
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { return 0; }
-               cout << "here" << endl;                 
-                       Sequence* seq = new Sequence(iss); 
-       cout << "here1" << endl;                        
-                       gobble(iss);
-       cout << seq->getName() << endl;         
-                       if (seq->getName() != "") {
-                               seqs.push_back(seq->getAligned());      
-                       }
-                       delete seq;
+                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             in >> temp; F.a[k] += temp; }           m->gobble(in);
+                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             in >> temp; F.t[k] += temp; }           m->gobble(in);
+                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             in >> temp; F.g[k] += temp; }           m->gobble(in);
+                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             in >> temp; F.c[k] += temp; }           m->gobble(in);
+                       for (int k = 0; k < alignmentLength; k++) {             in >> temp; F.gap[k] += temp; } m->gobble(in);
+                               
+                       in.close();
+                       remove(tempFilename.c_str());
                }
                
-               return 0;
+               return num;
+#endif         
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "parseBuffer");
+               m->errorOut(e, "FilterSeqsCommand", "createProcessesCreateFilter");
                exit(1);
        }
 }