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 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 vector<string> AlignCommand::setParameters(){  
        try {
-               CommandParameter ptemplate("reference", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,true); parameters.push_back(ptemplate);
-               CommandParameter pcandidate("fasta", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,true); parameters.push_back(pcandidate);
-               CommandParameter psearch("search", "Multiple", "kmer-blast-suffix", "kmer", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psearch);
-               CommandParameter pksize("ksize", "Number", "", "8", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pksize);
-               CommandParameter pmatch("match", "Number", "", "1.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmatch);
-               CommandParameter palign("align", "Multiple", "needleman-gotoh-blast-noalign", "needleman", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(palign);
-               CommandParameter pmismatch("mismatch", "Number", "", "-1.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmismatch);
-               CommandParameter pgapopen("gapopen", "Number", "", "-2.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pgapopen);
-               CommandParameter pgapextend("gapextend", "Number", "", "-1.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pgapextend);
-               CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
-               CommandParameter pflip("flip", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pflip);
-               CommandParameter psave("save", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psave);
-               CommandParameter pthreshold("threshold", "Number", "", "0.50", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pthreshold);
-               CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
-               CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
+               CommandParameter ptemplate("reference", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none","",false,true,true); parameters.push_back(ptemplate);
+               CommandParameter pcandidate("fasta", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none","fasta-alignreport-accnos",false,true,true); parameters.push_back(pcandidate);
+               CommandParameter psearch("search", "Multiple", "kmer-blast-suffix", "kmer", "", "", "","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(psearch);
+               CommandParameter pksize("ksize", "Number", "", "8", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pksize);
+               CommandParameter pmatch("match", "Number", "", "1.0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmatch);
+               CommandParameter palign("align", "Multiple", "needleman-gotoh-blast-noalign", "needleman", "", "", "","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(palign);
+               CommandParameter pmismatch("mismatch", "Number", "", "-1.0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmismatch);
+               CommandParameter pgapopen("gapopen", "Number", "", "-5.0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pgapopen);
+               CommandParameter pgapextend("gapextend", "Number", "", "-2.0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pgapextend);
+               CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
+               CommandParameter pflip("flip", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pflip);
+               CommandParameter psave("save", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(psave);
+               CommandParameter pthreshold("threshold", "Number", "", "0.50", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pthreshold);
+               CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
+               CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
 
                vector<string> myArray;
                for (int i = 0; i < parameters.size(); i++) {   myArray.push_back(parameters[i].name);          }
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ string AlignCommand::getHelpString(){
                helpString += "The ksize parameter allows you to specify the kmer size for finding most similar template to candidate.  The default is 8.";
                helpString += "The match parameter allows you to specify the bonus for having the same base. The default is 1.0.";
                helpString += "The mistmatch parameter allows you to specify the penalty for having different bases.  The default is -1.0.";
-               helpString += "The gapopen parameter allows you to specify the penalty for opening a gap in an alignment. The default is -2.0.";
-               helpString += "The gapextend parameter allows you to specify the penalty for extending a gap in an alignment.  The default is -1.0.";
+               helpString += "The gapopen parameter allows you to specify the penalty for opening a gap in an alignment. The default is -5.0.";
+               helpString += "The gapextend parameter allows you to specify the penalty for extending a gap in an alignment.  The default is -2.0.";
                helpString += "The flip parameter is used to specify whether or not you want mothur to try the reverse complement if a sequence falls below the threshold.  The default is false.";
                helpString += "The threshold is used to specify a cutoff at which an alignment is deemed 'bad' and the reverse complement may be tried. The default threshold is 0.50, meaning 50% of the bases are removed in the alignment.";
                helpString += "If the flip parameter is set to true the reverse complement of the sequence is aligned and the better alignment is reported.";
@@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ string AlignCommand::getHelpString(){
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
+string AlignCommand::getOutputPattern(string type) {
+    try {
+        string pattern = "";
+        
+        if (type == "fasta") {  pattern = "[filename],align"; } //makes file like: amazon.align
+        else if (type == "alignreport") {  pattern = "[filename],align.report"; }
+        else if (type == "accnos") {  pattern = "[filename],flip.accnos"; }
+        else { m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: No definition for type " + type + " output pattern.\n"); m->control_pressed = true;  }
+        
+        return pattern;
+    }
+    catch(exception& e) {
+        m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "getOutputPattern");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
 AlignCommand::AlignCommand(){  
        try {
                abort = true; calledHelp = true; 
@@ -93,7 +110,7 @@ AlignCommand::AlignCommand(){
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
        try {
-               abort = false; calledHelp = false;  
+               abort = false; calledHelp = false;
                ReferenceDB* rdb = ReferenceDB::getInstance();
                
                //allow user to run help
@@ -224,34 +241,29 @@ AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
                        // ...at some point should added some additional type checking...
                        string temp;
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "8";                             }
-                       convert(temp, kmerSize); 
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, kmerSize); 
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "match", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "1.0";                   }
-                       convert(temp, match);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, match);  
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mismatch", false);         if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-1.0";                  }
-                       convert(temp, misMatch);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, misMatch);  
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "gapopen", false);          if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-2.0";                  }
-                       convert(temp, gapOpen);  
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "gapopen", false);          if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-5.0";                  }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, gapOpen);  
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "gapextend", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-1.0";                  }
-                       convert(temp, gapExtend); 
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "gapextend", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-2.0";                  }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, gapExtend); 
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found"){       temp = m->getProcessors();      }
                        m->setProcessors(temp);
-                       convert(temp, processors); 
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, processors); 
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "flip", false);                     if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "f";                             }
                        flip = m->isTrue(temp); 
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "save", false);                     if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "f";                             }
                        save = m->isTrue(temp); 
-                       //this is so the threads can quickly load the reference data
-                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-                       #else
-                               if (processors != 1) { save = true; }
-                       #endif
                        rdb->save = save; 
                        if (save) { //clear out old references
                                rdb->clearMemory();
@@ -272,7 +284,7 @@ AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
                        else {  if (save) {     rdb->setSavedReference(templateFileName);       }       }
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "threshold", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0.50";                  }
-                       convert(temp, threshold); 
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, threshold); 
                        
                        search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);         if (search == "not found"){     search = "kmer";                }
                        if ((search != "suffix") && (search != "kmer") && (search != "blast")) { m->mothurOut("invalid search option: choices are kmer, suffix or blast."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort=true; }
@@ -310,9 +322,11 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                        m->mothurOut("Aligning sequences from " + candidateFileNames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        
                        if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += m->hasPath(candidateFileNames[s]); }
-                       string alignFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s])) + "align";
-                       string reportFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s])) + "align.report";
-                       string accnosFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s])) + "flip.accnos";
+            map<string, string> variables; variables["[filename]"] = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s]));
+                       string alignFileName = getOutputFileName("fasta", variables);  
+                       string reportFileName = getOutputFileName("alignreport", variables);
+                       string accnosFileName = getOutputFileName("accnos", variables);
+            
                        bool hasAccnos = true;
                        
                        int numFastaSeqs = 0;
@@ -322,7 +336,7 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
 #ifdef USE_MPI 
                                int pid, numSeqsPerProcessor; 
                                int tag = 2001;
-                               vector<unsigned long int> MPIPos;
+                               vector<unsigned long long> MPIPos;
                                MPIWroteAccnos = false;
                        
                                MPI_Status status; 
@@ -426,8 +440,8 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                                
 #else
 
-                       vector<unsigned long int> positions; 
-               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                       vector<unsigned long long> positions; 
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
                        positions = m->divideFile(candidateFileNames[s], processors);
                        for (int i = 0; i < (positions.size()-1); i++) {        lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[i], positions[(i+1)]));  }
                #else
@@ -435,7 +449,8 @@ int AlignCommand::execute(){
                                lines.push_back(new linePair(0, 1000));
                        }else {
                                positions = m->setFilePosFasta(candidateFileNames[s], numFastaSeqs); 
-                               
+                               if (positions.size() < processors) { processors = positions.size(); }
+                
                                //figure out how many sequences you have to process
                                int numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;
                                for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
@@ -528,6 +543,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFNam
                //moved this into driver to avoid deep copies in windows paralellized version
                Alignment* alignment;
                int longestBase = templateDB->getLongestBase();
+        if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: template longest base = "  + toString(templateDB->getLongestBase()) + " \n"); }
                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);            }
@@ -550,12 +566,12 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFNam
                        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);
+                               if (candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length()+1 > alignment->getnRows()) {
+                    if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: " + candidateSeq->getName() + " " + toString(candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length()) + " " + toString(alignment->getnRows()) + " \n"); }
+                                       alignment->resize(candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length()+2);
                                }
-                                                               
                                Sequence temp = templateDB->findClosestSequence(candidateSeq);
-                               Sequence* templateSeq = &temp;
+                               Sequence* templateSeq = new Sequence(temp.getName(), temp.getAligned());
                                
                                float searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();
                                                                
@@ -579,19 +595,26 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFNam
                                                //get reverse compliment
                                                copy = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), originalUnaligned);
                                                copy->reverseComplement();
+                        
+                        if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: flipping "  + candidateSeq->getName() + " \n"); }
                                                
                                                //rerun alignment
                                                Sequence temp2 = templateDB->findClosestSequence(copy);
-                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = &temp2;
+                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = new Sequence(temp2.getName(), temp2.getAligned());
+                        
+                        if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: closest template "  + temp2.getName() + " \n"); }
                                                
                                                searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();
                                                
                                                nast2 = new Nast(alignment, copy, templateSeq2);
+                        
+                        if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: completed Nast2 "  + candidateSeq->getName() + " flipped numBases = " + toString(copy->getNumBases()) + " old numbases = " + toString(candidateSeq->getNumBases()) +" \n"); }
                        
                                                //check if any better
                                                if (copy->getNumBases() > candidateSeq->getNumBases()) {
                                                        candidateSeq->setAligned(copy->getAligned());  //use reverse compliments alignment since its better
-                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2; 
+                            delete templateSeq;
+                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2;
                                                        delete nast;
                                                        nast = nast2;
                                                        needToDeleteCopy = true;
@@ -599,8 +622,10 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFNam
                                                }else{  
                                                        wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment so it was not used, please check sequence.";
                                                        delete nast2;
+                            delete templateSeq2;
                                                        delete copy;    
                                                }
+                        if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: done.\n"); }
                                        }
                                        
                                        //create accnos file with names
@@ -616,25 +641,26 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFNam
                                
                                report.print();
                                delete nast;
+                delete templateSeq;
                                if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }
                                
                                count++;
                        }
                        delete candidateSeq;
                        
-                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-                               unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg();
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+                               unsigned long long pos = inFASTA.tellg();
                                if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= filePos->end)) { break; }
                        #else
                                if (inFASTA.eof()) { break; }
                        #endif
                        
                        //report progress
-                       if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+                       if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOutJustToScreen(toString(count) + "\n");               }
                        
                }
                //report progress
-               if((count) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+               if((count) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOutJustToScreen(toString(count) + "\n");               }
                
                delete alignment;
                alignmentFile.close();
@@ -650,7 +676,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFNam
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 #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){
+int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& alignFile, MPI_File& reportFile, MPI_File& accnosFile, vector<unsigned long long>& MPIPos){
        try {
                string outputString = "";
                MPI_Status statusReport; 
@@ -720,7 +746,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& align
                                }
                                                                
                                Sequence temp = templateDB->findClosestSequence(candidateSeq);
-                               Sequence* templateSeq = &temp;
+                               Sequence* templateSeq = new Sequence(temp.getName(), temp.getAligned());
                                
                                float searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();
                                                                
@@ -745,7 +771,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& align
                                                
                                                //rerun alignment
                                                Sequence temp2 = templateDB->findClosestSequence(copy);
-                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = &temp2;
+                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = new Sequence(temp2.getName(), temp2.getAligned());
                                                
                                                searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();
                                                
@@ -754,7 +780,8 @@ int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& align
                                                //check if any better
                                                if (copy->getNumBases() > candidateSeq->getNumBases()) {
                                                        candidateSeq->setAligned(copy->getAligned());  //use reverse compliments alignment since its better
-                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2; 
+                                                       delete templateSeq;
+                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2;
                                                        delete nast;
                                                        nast = nast2;
                                                        needToDeleteCopy = true;
@@ -762,6 +789,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& align
                                                }else{  
                                                        wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment, please check sequence.";
                                                        delete nast2;
+                            delete templateSeq2;
                                                        delete copy;    
                                                }
                                        }
@@ -807,6 +835,7 @@ int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& align
                                
                                delete buf3;
                                delete nast;
+                delete templateSeq;
                                if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }
                        }
                        delete candidateSeq;
@@ -831,34 +860,72 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
        try {
                int num = 0;
                processIDS.resize(0);
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+        bool recalc = false;
+        
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
                int process = 1;
                
                //loop through and create all the processes you want
                while (process != processors) {
-                       int pid = fork();
+                       pid_t 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){
-                               num = driver(lines[process], alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", reportFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", accnosFName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename);
+                               num = driver(lines[process], alignFileName + toString(m->mothurGetpid(process)) + ".temp", reportFileName + toString(m->mothurGetpid(process)) + ".temp", accnosFName + m->mothurGetpid(process) + ".temp", filename);
                                
                                //pass numSeqs to parent
                                ofstream out;
-                               string tempFile = alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
+                               string tempFile = alignFileName + toString(m->mothurGetpid(process)) + ".num.temp";
                                m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
                                out << num << endl;
                                out.close();
                                
                                exit(0);
                        }else { 
-                               m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) { kill (processIDS[i], SIGINT); }
-                               exit(0);
+                               m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the number of processes you requested, reducing number to " + toString(process) + "\n"); processors = process;
+                for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) { kill (processIDS[i], SIGINT); }
+                recalc = true;
+                               break;
                        }
                }
                
+        if (recalc) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
+            vector<unsigned long long> positions;
+                       positions = m->divideFile(filename, processors);
+                       for (int i = 0; i < (positions.size()-1); i++) {        lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[i], positions[(i+1)]));  }
+            
+            num = 0;
+            processIDS.resize(0);
+            process = 1;
+            
+            while (process != processors) {
+                pid_t 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){
+                    num = driver(lines[process], alignFileName + toString(m->mothurGetpid(process)) + ".temp", reportFileName + toString(m->mothurGetpid(process)) + ".temp", accnosFName + m->mothurGetpid(process) + ".temp", filename);
+                    
+                    //pass numSeqs to parent
+                    ofstream out;
+                    string tempFile = alignFileName + toString(m->mothurGetpid(process)) + ".num.temp";
+                    m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
+                    out << num << endl;
+                    out.close();
+                    
+                    exit(0);
+                }else {
+                    m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) { kill (processIDS[i], SIGINT); }
+                    exit(0);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
                //do my part
                num = driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFName, filename);
                
@@ -879,7 +946,7 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                        if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; in >> tempNum; num += tempNum; }
                        in.close(); m->mothurRemove(tempFile);
                        
-                       appendAlignFiles((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), alignFileName);
+                       m->appendFiles((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), alignFileName);
                        m->mothurRemove((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
                        
                        appendReportFiles((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), reportFileName);
@@ -896,7 +963,7 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                        rename(nonBlankAccnosFiles[0].c_str(), accnosFName.c_str());
                        
                        for (int h=1; h < nonBlankAccnosFiles.size(); h++) {
-                               appendAlignFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFName);
+                               m->appendFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFName);
                                m->mothurRemove(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h]);
                        }
                }else { //recreate the accnosfile if needed
@@ -923,7 +990,7 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                        string extension = "";
                        if (i != 0) { extension = toString(i) + ".temp"; }
                        
-                       alignData* tempalign = new alignData((alignFileName + extension), (reportFileName + extension), (accnosFName + extension), filename, align, search, kmerSize, m, lines[i]->start, lines[i]->end, flip, match, misMatch, gapOpen, gapExtend, threshold, i);
+                       alignData* tempalign = new alignData(templateFileName, (alignFileName + extension), (reportFileName + extension), (accnosFName + extension), filename, align, search, kmerSize, m, lines[i]->start, lines[i]->end, flip, match, misMatch, gapOpen, gapExtend, threshold, i);
                        pDataArray.push_back(tempalign);
                        processIDS.push_back(i);
                                
@@ -951,6 +1018,9 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                
                //Close all thread handles and free memory allocations.
                for(int i=0; i < pDataArray.size(); i++){
+            if (pDataArray[i]->count != pDataArray[i]->end) {
+                m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: process " + toString(i) + " only processed " + toString(pDataArray[i]->count) + " of " + toString(pDataArray[i]->end) + " sequences assigned to it, quitting. \n"); m->control_pressed = true; 
+            }
                        num += pDataArray[i]->count;
                        CloseHandle(hThreadArray[i]);
                        delete pDataArray[i];
@@ -961,7 +1031,7 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                else { m->mothurRemove(accnosFName); } //remove so other files can be renamed to it
                
                for (int i = 1; i < processors; i++) {
-                       appendAlignFiles((alignFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"), alignFileName);
+                       m->appendFiles((alignFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"), alignFileName);
                        m->mothurRemove((alignFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"));
                        
                        appendReportFiles((reportFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"), reportFileName);
@@ -977,7 +1047,7 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                        rename(nonBlankAccnosFiles[0].c_str(), accnosFName.c_str());
                        
                        for (int h=1; h < nonBlankAccnosFiles.size(); h++) {
-                               appendAlignFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFName);
+                               m->appendFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFName);
                                m->mothurRemove(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h]);
                        }
                }else { //recreate the accnosfile if needed
@@ -994,29 +1064,6 @@ int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, s
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-/**************************************************************************************************/
-
-void AlignCommand::appendAlignFiles(string temp, string filename) {
-       try{
-               
-               ofstream output;
-               ifstream input;
-               m->openOutputFileAppend(filename, output);
-               m->openInputFile(temp, input);
-               
-               while(char c = input.get()){
-                       if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }
-                       else                            {       output << c;    }
-               }
-               
-               input.close();
-               output.close();
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "appendAlignFiles");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-}
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 
 void AlignCommand::appendReportFiles(string temp, string filename) {
@@ -1029,10 +1076,11 @@ void AlignCommand::appendReportFiles(string temp, string filename) {
 
                while (!input.eof())    {       char c = input.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){  break;  }       } // get header line
                                
-               while(char c = input.get()){
-                       if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }
-                       else                            {       output << c;    }
-               }
+        char buffer[4096];        
+        while (!input.eof()) {
+            input.read(buffer, 4096);
+            output.write(buffer, input.gcount());
+        }
                
                input.close();
                output.close();