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filter.seqs bug change
[mothur.git] / aligncommand.cpp
index 3b4b6c93e232a25bab87a855c6955d177926e823..613f9b7d6f13b04dec679a162ba71faf25326c65 100644 (file)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
        try {
                
                abort = false;
-               
+       
                //allow user to run help
                if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; }
                
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
                        OptionParser parser(option);
                        map<string, string> parameters = parser.getParameters(); 
                        
-                       ValidParameters validParameter;
+                       ValidParameters validParameter("align.seqs");
                        map<string, string>::iterator it;
                        
                        //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
@@ -95,23 +95,36 @@ AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
                                                //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
                                                if (path == "") {       candidateFileNames[i] = inputDir + candidateFileNames[i];               }
                                        }
-
+       
                                        int ableToOpen;
                                        ifstream in;
-                                       ableToOpen = openInputFile(candidateFileNames[i], in);
+
+                                       ableToOpen = openInputFile(candidateFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
+                               
+                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[i]);
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + candidateFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       ableToOpen = openInputFile(tryPath, in, "noerror");
+                                                       candidateFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       in.close();                                     
+
                                        if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut(candidateFileNames[i] + " will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + candidateFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
                                                //erase from file list
                                                candidateFileNames.erase(candidateFileNames.begin()+i);
                                                i--;
                                        }
-                                       in.close();
+                                       
                                }
                                
                                //make sure there is at least one valid file left
                                if (candidateFileNames.size() == 0) { m->mothurOut("no valid files."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
                        }
-                       
+               
                        //check for optional parameter and set defaults
                        // ...at some point should added some additional type checking...
                        string temp;
@@ -197,10 +210,10 @@ void AlignCommand::help(){
 int AlignCommand::execute(){
        try {
                if (abort == true) {    return 0;       }
-               
+
                templateDB = new AlignmentDB(templateFileName, search, kmerSize, gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch);
                int longestBase = templateDB->getLongestBase();
-       
+               
                if(align == "gotoh")                    {       alignment = new GotohOverlap(gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch, longestBase);                 }
                else if(align == "needleman")   {       alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(gapOpen, match, misMatch, longestBase);                                }
                else if(align == "blast")               {       alignment = new BlastAlignment(gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch);            }
@@ -213,6 +226,8 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                vector<string> outputNames;
                
                for (int s = 0; s < candidateFileNames.size(); s++) {
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { return 0; }
+                       
                        m->mothurOut("Aligning sequences from " + candidateFileNames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        
                        if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += hasPath(candidateFileNames[s]); }
@@ -224,17 +239,123 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                        int numFastaSeqs = 0;
                        for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
                        int start = time(NULL);
+               
+#ifdef USE_MPI 
+                               int pid, end, numSeqsPerProcessor; 
+                               int tag = 2001;
+                               vector<unsigned long int> MPIPos;
+                               MPIWroteAccnos = false;
                        
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-                       if(processors == 1){
-                               ifstream inFASTA;
-                               openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);
-                               numFastaSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
-                               inFASTA.close();
+                               MPI_Status status; 
+                               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
+                               MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors); 
+
+                               MPI_File inMPI;
+                               MPI_File outMPIAlign;
+                               MPI_File outMPIReport;
+                               MPI_File outMPIAccnos;
+                               
+                               int outMode=MPI_MODE_CREATE|MPI_MODE_WRONLY; 
+                               int inMode=MPI_MODE_RDONLY; 
+                               
+                               char outAlignFilename[1024];
+                               strcpy(outAlignFilename, alignFileName.c_str());
+                               
+                               char outReportFilename[1024];
+                               strcpy(outReportFilename, reportFileName.c_str());
+                               
+                               char outAccnosFilename[1024];
+                               strcpy(outAccnosFilename, accnosFileName.c_str());
+                               
+                               char inFileName[1024];
+                               strcpy(inFileName, candidateFileNames[s].c_str());
                                
-                               lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numFastaSeqs));
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, inFileName, inMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &inMPI);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAlignFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAlign);
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outReportFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIReport);
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAccnosFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAccnos);
                                
-                               driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); return 0; }
+                               
+                               if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process 
+                                       
+                                       MPIPos = setFilePosFasta(candidateFileNames[s], numFastaSeqs); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs
+                                       
+                                       //send file positions to all processes
+                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                               MPI_Send(&numFastaSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                               MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (numFastaSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;
+                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;         }
+                                       
+                                       //align your part
+                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPIAlign, outMPIReport, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); return 0; }
+
+                                       for (int i = 1; i < processors; i++) {
+                                               bool tempResult;
+                                               MPI_Recv(&tempResult, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                               if (tempResult != 0) { MPIWroteAccnos = true; }
+                                       }
+                               }else{ //you are a child process
+                                       MPI_Recv(&numFastaSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                       MPIPos.resize(numFastaSeqs+1);
+                                       MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (numFastaSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+
+                                       
+                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;
+                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;         }
+                                       
+                                       
+                                       //align your part
+                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPIAlign, outMPIReport, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); return 0; }
+
+                                       MPI_Send(&MPIWroteAccnos, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD); 
+                               }
+                               
+                               //close files 
+                               MPI_File_close(&inMPI);
+                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);
+                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);
+                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);
+                               
+                               //delete accnos file if blank
+                               if (pid == 0) {
+                                       //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user
+                                       if (MPIWroteAccnos) { 
+                                               m->mothurOut("Some of you sequences generated alignments that eliminated too many bases, a list is provided in " + accnosFileName + ".");
+                                               if (!flip) {
+                                                       m->mothurOut(" If you set the flip parameter to true mothur will try aligning the reverse compliment as well."); 
+                                               }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }
+                                               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       }else { 
+                                               //MPI_Info info;
+                                               //MPI_File_delete(outAccnosFilename, info);
+                                               hasAccnos = false;      
+                                               remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); 
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+#else
+               vector<unsigned long int> positions = divideFile(candidateFileNames[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){
+                               numFastaSeqs = driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); remove(alignFileName.c_str()); remove(reportFileName.c_str()); return 0; }
                                
                                //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user
                                if (isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  hasAccnos = false; }
@@ -245,36 +366,10 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                                        }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }
                                        m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                }
-                       }
-                       else{
-                               vector<int> positions;
+                       }else{
                                processIDS.resize(0);
                                
-                               ifstream inFASTA;
-                               openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);
-                               
-                               string input;
-                               while(!inFASTA.eof()){
-                                       input = getline(inFASTA);
-                                       if (input.length() != 0) {
-                                               if(input[0] == '>'){    long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);  }
-                                       }
-                               }
-                               inFASTA.close();
-                               
-                               numFastaSeqs = positions.size();
-                               
-                               int numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;
-                               
-                               for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
-                                       long int startPos = positions[ i * numSeqsPerProcessor ];
-                                       if(i == processors - 1){
-                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
-                                       }
-                                       lines.push_back(new linePair(startPos, numSeqsPerProcessor));
-                               }
-                               
-                               createProcesses(alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]); 
+                               numFastaSeqs = createProcesses(alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]); 
                                
                                rename((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), alignFileName.c_str());
                                rename((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), reportFileName.c_str());
@@ -310,16 +405,13 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                                        }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }
                                        m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                }else{ hasAccnos = false;  }
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); remove(alignFileName.c_str()); remove(reportFileName.c_str()); return 0; }
                        }
-#else
-                       ifstream inFASTA;
-                       openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);
-                       numFastaSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
-                       inFASTA.close();
-                       
-                       lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numFastaSeqs));
+       #else
+                       numFastaSeqs = driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);
                        
-                       driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); remove(alignFileName.c_str()); remove(reportFileName.c_str()); return 0; }
                        
                        //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user
                        if (isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  hasAccnos = false; }
@@ -331,12 +423,25 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                                m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        }
                        
-#endif
-                       
+       #endif
+
+#endif         
+
+
+               #ifdef USE_MPI
+                       MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); 
+                                       
+                       if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen
+               #endif
+
                        outputNames.push_back(alignFileName);
                        outputNames.push_back(reportFileName);
                        if (hasAccnos)  {       outputNames.push_back(accnosFileName);          }
-                                               
+                       
+               #ifdef USE_MPI
+                       }
+               #endif
+
                        m->mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to align " + toString(numFastaSeqs) + " sequences.");
                        m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        m->mothurOutEndLine();
@@ -358,7 +463,7 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
 
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 
-int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* line, string alignFName, string reportFName, string accnosFName, string filename){
+int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFName, string accnosFName, string filename){
        try {
                ofstream alignmentFile;
                openOutputFile(alignFName, alignmentFile);
@@ -371,11 +476,17 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* line, string alignFName, string reportFName,
                ifstream inFASTA;
                openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
 
-               inFASTA.seekg(line->start);
-               
-               for(int i=0;i<line->numSeqs;i++){
-               
+               inFASTA.seekg(filePos->start);
+
+               bool done = false;
+               int count = 0;
+       
+               while (!done) {
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) {  return 0; }
+                       
                        Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  gobble(inFASTA);
+       
                        int origNumBases = candidateSeq->getNumBases();
                        string originalUnaligned = candidateSeq->getUnaligned();
                        int numBasesNeeded = origNumBases * threshold;
@@ -402,7 +513,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* line, string alignFName, string reportFName,
                                //if there is a possibility that this sequence should be reversed
                                if (candidateSeq->getNumBases() < numBasesNeeded) {
                                        
-                                       string wasBetter = "";
+                                       string wasBetter =  "";
                                        //if the user wants you to try the reverse
                                        if (flip) {
                                                //get reverse compliment
@@ -424,8 +535,9 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* line, string alignFName, string reportFName,
                                                        delete nast;
                                                        nast = nast2;
                                                        needToDeleteCopy = true;
+                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement produced a better alignment, so mothur used the reverse complement.";
                                                }else{  
-                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment, please check sequence.";
+                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment so it was not used, please check sequence.";
                                                        delete nast2;
                                                        delete copy;    
                                                }
@@ -446,33 +558,202 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* line, string alignFName, string reportFName,
                                report.print();
                                delete nast;
                                if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }
+                               
+                               count++;
                        }
                        delete candidateSeq;
                        
+                       unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg();
+                       if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= filePos->end)) { break; }
+                       
                        //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();           }
                
                alignmentFile.close();
                inFASTA.close();
                accnosFile.close();
                
-               return 1;
+               return count;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "driver");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+#ifdef USE_MPI
+int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& alignFile, MPI_File& reportFile, MPI_File& accnosFile, vector<unsigned long int>& MPIPos){
+       try {
+               string outputString = "";
+               MPI_Status statusReport; 
+               MPI_Status statusAlign; 
+               MPI_Status statusAccnos; 
+               MPI_Status status; 
+               int pid;
+               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
+       
+               NastReport report;
+               
+               if (pid == 0) {
+                       outputString = report.getHeaders();
+                       int length = outputString.length();
+            
+                       char* buf = new char[length];
+                       memcpy(buf, outputString.c_str(), length);
+               
+                       MPI_File_write_shared(reportFile, buf, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusReport);
+
+            delete buf;
+               }
+               
+               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];
+                       //memcpy(buf4, outputString.c_str(), length);
+
+                       MPI_File_read_at(inMPI, MPIPos[start+i], buf4, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                       
+                       string tempBuf = buf4;
 
+                       delete buf4;
+
+                       if (tempBuf.length() > length) { tempBuf = tempBuf.substr(0, length);  }
+       
+                       istringstream iss (tempBuf,istringstream::in);
+
+                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(iss);  
+       
+                       int origNumBases = candidateSeq->getNumBases();
+                       string originalUnaligned = candidateSeq->getUnaligned();
+                       int numBasesNeeded = origNumBases * threshold;
+       
+                       if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
+                               if (candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length() > alignment->getnRows()) {
+                                       alignment->resize(candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length()+1);
+                               }
+                                                               
+                               Sequence temp = templateDB->findClosestSequence(candidateSeq);
+                               Sequence* templateSeq = &temp;
+                               
+                               float searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();
+                                                               
+                               Nast* nast = new Nast(alignment, candidateSeq, templateSeq);
+                               Sequence* copy;
+                               
+                               Nast* nast2;
+                               bool needToDeleteCopy = false;  //this is needed in case you have you enter the ifs below
+                                                                                               //since nast does not make a copy of hte sequence passed, and it is used by the reporter below
+                                                                                               //you can't delete the copy sequence til after you report, but you may choose not to create it in the first place
+                                                                                               //so this bool tells you if you need to delete it
+                                                                                               
+                               //if there is a possibility that this sequence should be reversed
+                               if (candidateSeq->getNumBases() < numBasesNeeded) {
+                                       
+                                       string wasBetter = "";
+                                       //if the user wants you to try the reverse
+                                       if (flip) {
+                                               //get reverse compliment
+                                               copy = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), originalUnaligned);
+                                               copy->reverseComplement();
+                                               
+                                               //rerun alignment
+                                               Sequence temp2 = templateDB->findClosestSequence(copy);
+                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = &temp2;
+                                               
+                                               searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();
+                                               
+                                               nast2 = new Nast(alignment, copy, templateSeq2);
+                       
+                                               //check if any better
+                                               if (copy->getNumBases() > candidateSeq->getNumBases()) {
+                                                       candidateSeq->setAligned(copy->getAligned());  //use reverse compliments alignment since its better
+                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2; 
+                                                       delete nast;
+                                                       nast = nast2;
+                                                       needToDeleteCopy = true;
+                                               }else{  
+                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment, please check sequence.";
+                                                       delete nast2;
+                                                       delete copy;    
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       //create accnos file with names
+                                       outputString = candidateSeq->getName() + wasBetter + "\n";
+                                       
+                                       //send results to parent
+                                       int length = outputString.length();
+
+                                       char* buf = new char[length];
+                                       memcpy(buf, outputString.c_str(), length);
+                               
+                                       MPI_File_write_shared(accnosFile, buf, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusAccnos);
+                                       delete buf;
+                                       MPIWroteAccnos = true;
+                               }
+                               
+                               report.setCandidate(candidateSeq);
+                               report.setTemplate(templateSeq);
+                               report.setSearchParameters(search, searchScore);
+                               report.setAlignmentParameters(align, alignment);
+                               report.setNastParameters(*nast);
+       
+                               outputString =  ">" + candidateSeq->getName() + "\n" + candidateSeq->getAligned() + "\n";
+                               
+                               //send results to parent
+                               int length = outputString.length();
+                               char* buf2 = new char[length];
+                               memcpy(buf2, outputString.c_str(), length);
+                               
+                               MPI_File_write_shared(alignFile, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusAlign);
+                               
+                               delete buf2;
+
+                               outputString = report.getReport();
+                               
+                               //send results to parent
+                               length = outputString.length();
+                               char* buf3 = new char[length];
+                               memcpy(buf3, outputString.c_str(), length);
+                               
+                               MPI_File_write_shared(reportFile, buf3, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusReport);
+                               
+                               delete buf3;
+                               delete nast;
+                               if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }
+                       }
+                       delete candidateSeq;
+                       
+                       //report progress
+                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   cout << (toString(i+1)) << endl;                }
+               }
+               //report progress
+               if((num) % 100 != 0){   cout << (toString(num)) << endl;                }
+               
+               return 1;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "driverMPI");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+#endif
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
-void AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, string accnosFName, string filename) {
+int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, string accnosFName, string filename) {
        try {
 #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                int process = 0;
+               int num = 0;
                //              processIDS.resize(0);
                
                //loop through and create all the processes you want
@@ -483,7 +764,15 @@ void AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName,
                                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){
-                               driver(lines[process], alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", reportFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", accnosFName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename);
+                               num = driver(lines[process], alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", reportFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", accnosFName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename);
+                               
+                               //pass numSeqs to parent
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string tempFile = alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
+                               openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
+                               out << num << endl;
+                               out.close();
+                               
                                exit(0);
                        }else { m->mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }
                }
@@ -493,6 +782,16 @@ void AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName,
                        int temp = processIDS[i];
                        wait(&temp);
                }
+               
+               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) {
+                       ifstream in;
+                       string tempFile =  alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
+                       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) {
@@ -500,7 +799,6 @@ void AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName,
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
 void AlignCommand::appendAlignFiles(string temp, string filename) {
@@ -549,5 +847,4 @@ void AlignCommand::appendReportFiles(string temp, string filename) {
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
 //**********************************************************************************************************************