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+# Copyright (C) 2011 Martin A. Hansen.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+# This software is part of the Biopieces framework (www.biopieces.org).
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+require 'genbank'
+
+# Class for running the Prodigal gene finder.
+# http://prodigal.ornl.gov/
+class Prodigal
+ include Enumerable
+
+ # Method to initialize a Prodigal object
+ # given a temporary infile, outfile and options hash.
+ def initialize(infile, outfile, options)
+ @infile = infile
+ @outfile = outfile
+ @options = options
+ end
+
+ # Method to run Prodigal.
+ def run
+ commands = []
+ commands << "prodigal"
+ commands << "-c" if @options[:full]
+ commands << "-i #{@infile}"
+ commands << "-o #{@outfile}"
+
+ execute(commands, @options[:verbose])
+ end
+
+ # Method for iterating over the Prodigal results,
+ # which are in GenBank format.
+ def each
+ Genbank.open(@outfile, mode='r') do |gb|
+ gb.each do |entry|
+ yield entry
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ private
+
+ # Method to execute commands on the command line.
+ # TODO this wants to be in a module on its own.
+ def execute(commands, verbose = false)
+ commands.unshift "nice -n 19"
+ commands.push "> /dev/null 2>&1" unless verbose
+
+ command = commands.join(" ")
+
+ begin
+ system(command)
+ raise "Command failed: #{command}" unless $?.success?
+ rescue
+ $stderr.puts "Command failed: #{command}"
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+
+__END__