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1 /*
2  *  chimeraseqscommand.cpp
3  *  Mothur
4  *
5  *  Created by Sarah Westcott on 6/29/09.
6  *  Copyright 2009 Schloss Lab UMASS Amherst. All rights reserved.
7  *
8  */
9
10 #include "chimeraseqscommand.h"
11 #include "bellerophon.h"
12 #include "pintail.h"
13 #include "ccode.h"
14 #include "chimeracheckrdp.h"
15 #include "chimeraslayer.h"
16
17
18 //***************************************************************************************************************
19
20 ChimeraSeqsCommand::ChimeraSeqsCommand(string option){
21         try {
22                 abort = false;
23                 
24                 //allow user to run help
25                 if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; }
26                 
27                 else {
28                         //valid paramters for this command
29                         string Array[] =  {"fasta", "filter", "correction", "processors", "method", "window", "increment", "template", "conservation", "quantile", "mask", 
30                         "numwanted", "ksize", "svg", "name", "match","mismatch", "divergence", "minsim","mincov","minbs", "minsnp","parents", "iters","outputdir","inputdir", "search","realign" };
31                         vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
32                         
33                         OptionParser parser(option);
34                         map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
35                         
36                         ValidParameters validParameter;
37                         map<string,string>::iterator it;
38                         
39                         //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
40                         for (it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { 
41                                 if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) {  abort = true;  }
42                         }
43                         
44                         //if the user changes the input directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
45                         string inputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "inputdir", false);              
46                         if (inputDir == "not found"){   inputDir = "";          }
47                         else {
48                                 string path;
49                                 it = parameters.find("fasta");
50                                 //user has given a template file
51                                 if(it != parameters.end()){ 
52                                         path = hasPath(it->second);
53                                         //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
54                                         if (path == "") {       parameters["fasta"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
55                                 }
56                                 
57                                 it = parameters.find("template");
58                                 //user has given a template file
59                                 if(it != parameters.end()){ 
60                                         path = hasPath(it->second);
61                                         //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
62                                         if (path == "") {       parameters["template"] = inputDir + it->second;         }
63                                 }
64                                 
65                                 it = parameters.find("conservation");
66                                 //user has given a template file
67                                 if(it != parameters.end()){ 
68                                         path = hasPath(it->second);
69                                         //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
70                                         if (path == "") {       parameters["conservation"] = inputDir + it->second;             }
71                                 }
72                                 
73                                 it = parameters.find("quantile");
74                                 //user has given a template file
75                                 if(it != parameters.end()){ 
76                                         path = hasPath(it->second);
77                                         //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
78                                         if (path == "") {       parameters["quantile"] = inputDir + it->second;         }
79                                 }
80                                 
81                                 it = parameters.find("name");
82                                 //user has given a template file
83                                 if(it != parameters.end()){ 
84                                         path = hasPath(it->second);
85                                         //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
86                                         if (path == "") {       parameters["name"] = inputDir + it->second;             }
87                                 }
88                         }
89
90                         
91                         //check for required parameters
92                         fastafile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", true);
93                         if (fastafile == "not open") { abort = true; }
94                         else if (fastafile == "not found") { fastafile = ""; mothurOut("fasta is a required parameter for the chimera.seqs command."); mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }     
95                         
96                         //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
97                         outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  
98                                 outputDir = ""; 
99                                 outputDir += hasPath(fastafile); //if user entered a file with a path then preserve it  
100                         }
101
102                         templatefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "template", true);
103                         if (templatefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
104                         else if (templatefile == "not found") { templatefile = "";  }   
105                         
106                         consfile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "conservation", true);
107                         if (consfile == "not open") { abort = true; }
108                         else if (consfile == "not found") { consfile = "";  }   
109                         
110                         quanfile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "quantile", true);
111                         if (quanfile == "not open") { abort = true; }
112                         else if (quanfile == "not found") { quanfile = "";  }
113                         
114                         namefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "name", true);
115                         if (namefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
116                         else if (namefile == "not found") { namefile = "";  }
117
118                         maskfile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mask", false);
119                         if (maskfile == "not found") { maskfile = "";  }        
120                         else if (maskfile != "default")  { 
121                                 if (inputDir != "") {
122                                         string path = hasPath(maskfile);
123                                         //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
124                                         if (path == "") {       maskfile = inputDir + maskfile;         }
125                                 }
126
127                                 ifstream in;
128                                 int     ableToOpen = openInputFile(maskfile, in);
129                                 if (ableToOpen == 1) { abort = true; }
130                                 in.close();
131                         }
132                         
133                         method = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "method", false);                 if (method == "not found") { method = "pintail"; }
134                         
135                         string temp;
136                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "filter", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "F"; }
137                         filter = isTrue(temp);
138                         
139                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "correction", false);               if (temp == "not found") { temp = "T"; }
140                         correction = isTrue(temp);
141                         
142                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);               if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1"; }
143                         convert(temp, processors);
144                         
145                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "7"; }
146                         convert(temp, ksize);
147                         
148                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "svg", false);                              if (temp == "not found") { temp = "F"; }
149                         svg = isTrue(temp);
150                         
151                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "window", false);   
152                         if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "50"; }                      
153                         else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
154                         convert(temp, window);
155                         
156                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "match", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "5"; }
157                         convert(temp, match);
158                         
159                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mismatch", false);                 if (temp == "not found") { temp = "-4"; }
160                         convert(temp, mismatch);
161                         
162                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "divergence", false);               if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1.007"; }
163                         convert(temp, divR);
164                         
165                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsim", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "90"; }
166                         convert(temp, minSimilarity);
167                         
168                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mincov", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "70"; }
169                         convert(temp, minCoverage);
170                         
171                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minbs", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "90"; }
172                         convert(temp, minBS);
173                         
174                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsnp", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "10"; }
175                         convert(temp, minSNP);
176
177                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "parents", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "3"; }
178                         convert(temp, parents); 
179                         
180                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "realign", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
181                         realign = isTrue(temp); 
182                         
183                         search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);                 if (search == "not found") { search = "distance"; }
184                         
185                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false);    
186                         if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "100"; }             
187                         else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1000"; }
188                         convert(temp, iters); 
189                          
190                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "increment", false);                
191                         if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeracheck")) { temp = "10"; }
192                         else if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "5"; }
193                         else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "25"; }
194                         convert(temp, increment);
195                         
196                         temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "numwanted", false);
197                         if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "15"; }              
198                         else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "20"; }
199                         convert(temp, numwanted);
200
201                         if ((search != "distance") && (search != "blast") && (search != "kmer")) { mothurOut(search + " is not a valid search."); mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
202                         
203                         if (((method != "bellerophon")) && (templatefile == "")) { mothurOut("You must provide a template file with the pintail, ccode, chimeraslayer or chimeracheck methods."); mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
204                         
205
206                 }
207         }
208         catch(exception& e) {
209                 errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "ChimeraSeqsCommand");
210                 exit(1);
211         }
212 }
213 //**********************************************************************************************************************
214
215 void ChimeraSeqsCommand::help(){
216         try {
217         
218                 //"fasta", "filter", "correction", "processors", "method", "window", "increment", "template", "conservation", "quantile", "mask", "numwanted", "ksize", "svg", "name"
219                 //mothurOut("chimera.seqs ASSUMES that your sequences are ALIGNED and if using a template that the template file sequences are the same length as the fasta file sequences.\n\n");
220                 mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command reads a fastafile and creates list of potentially chimeric sequences.\n");
221                 mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command parameters are fasta, filter, correction, processors, mask, method, window, increment, template, conservation, quantile, numwanted, ksize, svg, name, iters, search, realign.\n");
222                 mothurOut("The fasta parameter is always required and template is required if using pintail, ccode or chimeracheck.\n");
223                 mothurOut("The filter parameter allows you to specify if you would like to apply a vertical and 50% soft filter. \n");
224                 mothurOut("The correction parameter allows you to put more emphasis on the distance between highly similar sequences and less emphasis on the differences between remote homologs.\n");
225                 mothurOut("The processors parameter allows you to specify how many processors you would like to use.  The default is 1. \n");
226                 mothurOut("The method parameter allows you to specify the method for finding chimeric sequences.  The default is pintail. Options include bellerophon, ccode and chimeracheck \n");
227                 mothurOut("The mask parameter allows you to specify a file containing one sequence you wish to use as a mask for the your sequences. \n");
228                 mothurOut("The window parameter allows you to specify the window size for searching for chimeras. \n");
229                 mothurOut("The increment parameter allows you to specify how far you move each window while finding chimeric sequences.\n");
230                 mothurOut("The template parameter allows you to enter a template file containing known non-chimeric sequences. \n");
231                 mothurOut("The conservation parameter allows you to enter a frequency file containing the highest bases frequency at each place in the alignment.\n");
232                 mothurOut("The quantile parameter allows you to enter a file containing quantiles for a template files sequences.\n");
233                 mothurOut("The numwanted parameter allows you to specify how many sequences you would each query sequence compared with.\n");
234                 mothurOut("The ksize parameter allows you to input kmersize. \n");
235                 mothurOut("The svg parameter allows you to specify whether or not you would like a svg file outputted for each query sequence.\n");
236                 mothurOut("The name parameter allows you to enter a file containing names of sequences you would like .svg files for.\n");
237                 mothurOut("The iters parameter allows you to specify the number of bootstrap iters to do with the chimeraslayer method.\n");
238                 mothurOut("The minsim parameter allows you .... \n");
239                 mothurOut("The mincov parameter allows you to specify minimum coverage by closest matches found in template. Default is 70, meaning 70%. \n");
240                 mothurOut("The minbs parameter allows you to specify minimum bootstrap support for calling a sequence chimeric. Default is 90, meaning 90%. \n");
241                 mothurOut("The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 10) \n");
242                 mothurOut("The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are distance, blast, and kmer, default distance.  -used only by chimeraslayer. \n");
243                 mothurOut("The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential paretns. Choices are true or false, default false.  -used only by chimeraslayer. \n");
244                 mothurOut("NOT ALL PARAMETERS ARE USED BY ALL METHODS. Please look below for method specifics.\n\n");
245                 mothurOut("Details for each method: \n"); 
246                 mothurOut("\tpintail: \n"); 
247                 mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, filter=F, mask=no mask, processors=1, window=300, increment=25, conservation=not required, but will improve speed, quantile=not required, but will greatly improve speed. \n"); 
248                 mothurOut("\t\tIf you have run chimera.seqs using pintail a .quan and .freq file will be created for your template, if you have not provided them for use in future command executions.\n");
249                 mothurOut("\tbellerophon: \n"); 
250                 mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, filter=F, processors=1, window=1/4 length of seq, increment=25, correction=T. \n"); 
251                 mothurOut("\tccode: \n"); 
252                 mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, filter=F, mask=no mask, processors=1, window=10% of length, numwanted=20\n"); 
253                 mothurOut("\tchimeracheck: \n"); 
254                 mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, processors=1, increment=10, ksize=7, svg=F, name=none\n\n"); 
255                 mothurOut("\tchimeraslayer: \n"); 
256                 mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, processors=1, increment=10, mask=no mask, numwanted=10, match=5, mismatch=-4, divergence=1.0, minsim=90, parents=5, iters=1000, window=100. \n\n"); 
257                 mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command should be in the following format: \n");
258                 mothurOut("chimera.seqs(fasta=yourFastaFile, filter=yourFilter, correction=yourCorrection, processors=yourProcessors, method=bellerophon) \n");
259                 mothurOut("Example: chimera.seqs(fasta=AD.align, filter=True, correction=true, method=bellerophon, window=200) \n");
260                 mothurOut("Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFastaFile).\n\n");        
261         }
262         catch(exception& e) {
263                 errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "help");
264                 exit(1);
265         }
266 }
267
268 //***************************************************************************************************************
269
270 ChimeraSeqsCommand::~ChimeraSeqsCommand(){      /*      do nothing      */      }
271
272 //***************************************************************************************************************
273
274 int ChimeraSeqsCommand::execute(){
275         try{
276                 
277                 if (abort == true) { return 0; }
278                 
279                 int start = time(NULL); 
280                 
281                 if (method == "bellerophon")                    {               chimera = new Bellerophon(fastafile, outputDir);                        }
282                 else if (method == "pintail")                   {               chimera = new Pintail(fastafile, outputDir);                            }
283                 else if (method == "ccode")                             {               chimera = new Ccode(fastafile, outputDir);                                      }
284                 else if (method == "chimeracheck")              {               chimera = new ChimeraCheckRDP(fastafile, outputDir);            }
285                 else if (method == "chimeraslayer")             {               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(search, realign, fastafile);        }
286                 else { mothurOut("Not a valid method."); mothurOutEndLine(); return 0;          }
287                 
288                 //set user options
289                 if (maskfile == "default") { mothurOut("I am using the default 236627 EU009184.1 Shigella dysenteriae str. FBD013."); mothurOutEndLine();  }
290                 
291                 chimera->setCons(consfile);     
292                 chimera->setQuantiles(quanfile);                                
293                 chimera->setMask(maskfile);
294                 chimera->setFilter(filter);
295                 chimera->setCorrection(correction);
296                 chimera->setProcessors(processors);
297                 chimera->setWindow(window);
298                 chimera->setIncrement(increment);
299                 chimera->setNumWanted(numwanted);
300                 chimera->setKmerSize(ksize);
301                 chimera->setSVG(svg);
302                 chimera->setName(namefile);
303                 chimera->setMatch(match);
304                 chimera->setMisMatch(mismatch);
305                 chimera->setDivR(divR);
306                 chimera->setParents(parents);
307                 chimera->setMinSim(minSimilarity);
308                 chimera->setMinCoverage(minCoverage);
309                 chimera->setMinBS(minBS);
310                 chimera->setMinSNP(minSNP);
311                 chimera->setIters(iters);
312                 chimera->setTemplateFile(templatefile);
313
314                 
315                 
316                 vector<Sequence*> templateSeqs;
317                 if ((method != "bellerophon") && (method != "chimeracheck")) {   
318                         templateSeqs = chimera->readSeqs(templatefile);   
319                         if (chimera->getUnaligned()) { 
320                                 mothurOut("Your sequences need to be aligned when you use the chimeraslayer method."); mothurOutEndLine(); 
321                                 //free memory
322                                 for (int i = 0; i < templateSeqs.size(); i++)           {  delete templateSeqs[i];              }
323                                 return 0; 
324                         }
325                         
326                         //set options
327                         chimera->setTemplateSeqs(templateSeqs);
328
329                 }else if (method == "bellerophon") {//run bellerophon separately since you need to read entire fastafile to run it
330                         chimera->getChimeras();
331                         
332                         string outputFName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras";
333                         ofstream out;
334                         openOutputFile(outputFName, out);
335                         
336                         chimera->print(out);
337                         out.close();
338                         return 0;
339                 }
340                 
341                 //some methods need to do prep work before processing the chimeras
342                 chimera->doPrep(); 
343                 
344                 ofstream outHeader;
345                 string tempHeader = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras.tempHeader";
346                 openOutputFile(tempHeader, outHeader);
347                 
348                 chimera->printHeader(outHeader);
349                 outHeader.close();
350                 
351                 string outputFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras";
352
353                 //break up file
354                 #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
355                         if(processors == 1){
356                                 ifstream inFASTA;
357                                 openInputFile(fastafile, inFASTA);
358                                 numSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
359                                 inFASTA.close();
360                                 
361                                 lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numSeqs));
362                                 
363                                 driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastafile);
364                                 
365                         }else{
366                                 vector<int> positions;
367                                 processIDS.resize(0);
368                                 
369                                 ifstream inFASTA;
370                                 openInputFile(fastafile, inFASTA);
371                                 
372                                 string input;
373                                 while(!inFASTA.eof()){
374                                         input = getline(inFASTA);
375                                         if (input.length() != 0) {
376                                                 if(input[0] == '>'){    long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);  }
377                                         }
378                                 }
379                                 inFASTA.close();
380                                 
381                                 numSeqs = positions.size();
382                                 
383                                 int numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
384                                 
385                                 for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
386                                         long int startPos = positions[ i * numSeqsPerProcessor ];
387                                         if(i == processors - 1){
388                                                 numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
389                                         }
390                                         lines.push_back(new linePair(startPos, numSeqsPerProcessor));
391                                 }
392                                 
393                                 
394                                 createProcesses(outputFileName, fastafile); 
395                                 
396                                 rename((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
397                                                                 
398                                 //append alignment and report files
399                                 for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
400                                         appendOutputFiles((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), outputFileName);
401                                         remove((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
402                                 }
403                         }
404
405                 #else
406                         ifstream inFASTA;
407                         openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);
408                         numSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
409                         inFASTA.close();
410                         lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numSeqs));
411                         
412                         driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastafile);
413                 #endif
414                 
415                 //mothurOut("Output File Names: ");
416                 //if ((filter) && (method == "bellerophon")) { mothurOut(
417                 //if (outputDir == "") { fastafile = getRootName(fastafile) + "filter.fasta"; }
418                 //      else                             { fastafile = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + "filter.fasta"; }
419                 
420                 appendOutputFiles(tempHeader, outputFileName);
421                 remove(outputFileName.c_str());
422                 rename(tempHeader.c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
423
424                 for (int i = 0; i < templateSeqs.size(); i++)           {   delete templateSeqs[i];     }
425                 
426                 if (method == "chimeracheck") { mothurOutEndLine(); mothurOut("This method does not determine if a sequence is chimeric, but allows you to make that determination based on the IS values."); mothurOutEndLine();  }
427                 
428                 mothurOutEndLine(); mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to check " + toString(numSeqs) + " sequences.");       mothurOutEndLine();
429                 
430                 return 0;
431                 
432         }
433         catch(exception& e) {
434                 errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "execute");
435                 exit(1);
436         }
437 }//**********************************************************************************************************************
438
439 int ChimeraSeqsCommand::driver(linePair* line, string outputFName, string filename){
440         try {
441                 ofstream out;
442                 openOutputFile(outputFName, out);
443                 
444                 ifstream inFASTA;
445                 openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
446
447                 inFASTA.seekg(line->start);
448                 
449                 for(int i=0;i<line->numSeqs;i++){
450                 
451                         Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  gobble(inFASTA);
452                                 
453                         if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
454                                         
455                                 //find chimeras
456                                 chimera->getChimeras(candidateSeq);
457                 
458                                 //print results
459                                 chimera->print(out);
460                         }
461                         delete candidateSeq;
462                         
463                         //report progress
464                         if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(i+1)); mothurOutEndLine();         }
465                 }
466                 //report progress
467                 if((line->numSeqs) % 100 != 0){ mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(line->numSeqs)); mothurOutEndLine();               }
468                 
469                 out.close();
470                 inFASTA.close();
471                                 
472                 return 1;
473         }
474         catch(exception& e) {
475                 errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "driver");
476                 exit(1);
477         }
478 }
479
480 /**************************************************************************************************/
481
482 void ChimeraSeqsCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename) {
483         try {
484 #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
485                 int process = 0;
486                 //              processIDS.resize(0);
487                 
488                 //loop through and create all the processes you want
489                 while (process != processors) {
490                         int pid = fork();
491                         
492                         if (pid > 0) {
493                                 processIDS.push_back(pid);  //create map from line number to pid so you can append files in correct order later
494                                 process++;
495                         }else if (pid == 0){
496                                 driver(lines[process], outputFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename);
497                                 exit(0);
498                         }else { mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }
499                 }
500                 
501                 //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
502                 for (int i=0;i<processors;i++) { 
503                         int temp = processIDS[i];
504                         wait(&temp);
505                 }
506 #endif          
507         }
508         catch(exception& e) {
509                 errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "createProcesses");
510                 exit(1);
511         }
512 }
513
514 /**************************************************************************************************/
515
516 void ChimeraSeqsCommand::appendOutputFiles(string temp, string filename) {
517         try{
518                 
519                 ofstream output;
520                 ifstream input;
521                 
522                 openOutputFileAppend(temp, output);
523                 openInputFile(filename, input);
524                 
525                 while(char c = input.get()){
526                         if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }
527                         else                            {       output << c;    }
528                 }
529                 
530                 input.close();
531                 output.close();
532         }
533         catch(exception& e) {
534                 errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "appendOuputFiles");
535                 exit(1);
536         }
537 }
538 //**********************************************************************************************************************
539
540