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-/*\r
- *  aligncommand.cpp\r
- *  Mothur\r
- *\r
- *  Created by Sarah Westcott on 5/15/09.\r
- *  Copyright 2009 Schloss Lab UMASS Amherst. All rights reserved.\r
- *\r
- *     This version of nast does everything I think that the greengenes nast server does and then some.  I have added the \r
- *     feature of allowing users to define their database, kmer size for searching, alignment penalty values and alignment \r
- *     method.  This latter feature is perhaps most significant.  nastPlus enables a user to use either a Needleman-Wunsch \r
- *     (non-affine gap penalty) or Gotoh (affine gap penalty) pairwise alignment algorithm.  This is significant because it\r
- *     allows for a global alignment and not the local alignment provided by bLAst.  Furthermore, it has the potential to\r
- *     provide a better alignment because of the banding method employed by blast (I'm not sure about this).\r
- *\r
- */\r
-\r
-#include "aligncommand.h"\r
-#include "sequence.hpp"\r
-\r
-#include "gotohoverlap.hpp"\r
-#include "needlemanoverlap.hpp"\r
-#include "blastalign.hpp"\r
-#include "noalign.hpp"\r
-\r
-#include "nast.hpp"\r
-#include "nastreport.hpp"\r
-\r
-\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-\r
-AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {\r
-       try {\r
-               \r
-               abort = false;\r
-       \r
-               //allow user to run help\r
-               if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; }\r
-               \r
-               else {\r
-                       \r
-                       //valid paramters for this command\r
-                       string AlignArray[] =  {"template","candidate","search","ksize","align","match","mismatch","gapopen","gapextend", "processors","flip","threshold","outputdir","inputdir"};\r
-                       vector<string> myArray (AlignArray, AlignArray+(sizeof(AlignArray)/sizeof(string)));\r
-                       \r
-                       OptionParser parser(option);\r
-                       map<string, string> parameters = parser.getParameters(); \r
-                       \r
-                       ValidParameters validParameter;\r
-                       map<string, string>::iterator it;\r
-                       \r
-                       //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command\r
-                       for (it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { \r
-                               if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) {  abort = true;  }\r
-                       }\r
-\r
-                       //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter \r
-                       outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  outputDir = "";         }\r
-                       \r
-\r
-                       //if the user changes the input directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter \r
-                       string inputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "inputdir", false);              \r
-                       \r
-                       if (inputDir == "not found"){   inputDir = "";          }\r
-                       else {\r
-                               string path;\r
-\r
-                               it = parameters.find("template");\r
-\r
-                               //user has given a template file\r
-                               if(it != parameters.end()){ \r
-                                       path = hasPath(it->second);\r
-                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.\r
-                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["template"] = inputDir + it->second;         }\r
-                               }\r
-                       }\r
-\r
-                       //check for required parameters\r
-                       templateFileName = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "template", true);\r
-                       \r
-                       if (templateFileName == "not found") { \r
-                               m->mothurOut("template is a required parameter for the align.seqs command."); \r
-                               m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                               abort = true; \r
-                       }else if (templateFileName == "not open") { abort = true; }     \r
-                       \r
-                       candidateFileName = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "candidate", false);\r
-                       if (candidateFileName == "not found") { m->mothurOut("candidate is a required parameter for the align.seqs command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }\r
-                       else { \r
-                               splitAtDash(candidateFileName, candidateFileNames);\r
-                               \r
-                               //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them\r
-                               for (int i = 0; i < candidateFileNames.size(); i++) {\r
-                                       if (inputDir != "") {\r
-                                               string path = hasPath(candidateFileNames[i]);\r
-                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.\r
-                                               if (path == "") {       candidateFileNames[i] = inputDir + candidateFileNames[i];               }\r
-                                       }\r
-       \r
-                                       int ableToOpen;\r
-                                       ifstream in;\r
-                                       \r
-                                       #ifdef USE_MPI  \r
-                                               int pid;\r
-                                               MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors); //set processors to the number of mpi processes running\r
-                                               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are\r
-                               \r
-                                               if (pid == 0) {\r
-                                       #endif\r
-\r
-                                       ableToOpen = openInputFile(candidateFileNames[i], in);\r
-                                       in.close();\r
-                                       \r
-                                       #ifdef USE_MPI  \r
-                                                       for (int j = 1; j < processors; j++) {\r
-                                                               MPI_Send(&ableToOpen, 1, MPI_INT, j, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD); \r
-                                                       }\r
-                                               }else{\r
-                                                       MPI_Status status;\r
-                                                       MPI_Recv(&ableToOpen, 1, MPI_INT, 0, 2001, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);\r
-                                               }\r
-                                               \r
-                                       #endif\r
-\r
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) { \r
-                                               m->mothurOut(candidateFileNames[i] + " will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); \r
-                                               //erase from file list\r
-                                               candidateFileNames.erase(candidateFileNames.begin()+i);\r
-                                               i--;\r
-                                       }\r
-                                       \r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               //make sure there is at least one valid file left\r
-                               if (candidateFileNames.size() == 0) { m->mothurOut("no valid files."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }\r
-                       }\r
-               \r
-                       //check for optional parameter and set defaults\r
-                       // ...at some point should added some additional type checking...\r
-                       string temp;\r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "8";                             }\r
-                       convert(temp, kmerSize); \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "match", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "1.0";                   }\r
-                       convert(temp, match);  \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mismatch", false);         if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-1.0";                  }\r
-                       convert(temp, misMatch);  \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "gapopen", false);          if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-2.0";                  }\r
-                       convert(temp, gapOpen);  \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "gapextend", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-1.0";                  }\r
-                       convert(temp, gapExtend); \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "1";                             }\r
-                       convert(temp, processors); \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "flip", false);                     if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "f";                             }\r
-                       flip = isTrue(temp); \r
-                       \r
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "threshold", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0.50";                  }\r
-                       convert(temp, threshold); \r
-                       \r
-                       search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);         if (search == "not found"){     search = "kmer";                }\r
-                       \r
-                       align = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "align", false);           if (align == "not found"){      align = "needleman";    }\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "AlignCommand");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-\r
-AlignCommand::~AlignCommand(){ \r
-\r
-       if (abort == false) {\r
-               for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();\r
-               delete templateDB;\r
-               delete alignment;\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-\r
-void AlignCommand::help(){\r
-       try {\r
-               m->mothurOut("The align.seqs command reads a file containing sequences and creates an alignment file and a report file.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The align.seqs command parameters are template, candidate, search, ksize, align, match, mismatch, gapopen and gapextend.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The template and candidate parameters are required. You may enter multiple fasta files by separating their names with dashes. ie. fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amzon.fasta \n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The search parameter allows you to specify the method to find most similar template.  Your options are: suffix, kmer and blast. The default is kmer.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The align parameter allows you to specify the alignment method to use.  Your options are: gotoh, needleman, blast and noalign. The default is needleman.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The ksize parameter allows you to specify the kmer size for finding most similar template to candidate.  The default is 8.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The match parameter allows you to specify the bonus for having the same base. The default is 1.0.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The mistmatch parameter allows you to specify the penalty for having different bases.  The default is -1.0.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The gapopen parameter allows you to specify the penalty for opening a gap in an alignment. The default is -2.0.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The gapextend parameter allows you to specify the penalty for extending a gap in an alignment.  The default is -1.0.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("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.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("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.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("If the flip parameter is set to true the reverse complement of the sequence is aligned and the better alignment is reported.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The default for the threshold parameter is 0.50, meaning at least 50% of the bases must remain or the sequence is reported as potentially reversed.\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("The align.seqs command should be in the following format: \n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("align.seqs(template=yourTemplateFile, candidate=yourCandidateFile, align=yourAlignmentMethod, search=yourSearchmethod, ksize=yourKmerSize, match=yourMatchBonus, mismatch=yourMismatchpenalty, gapopen=yourGapopenPenalty, gapextend=yourGapExtendPenalty) \n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("Example align.seqs(candidate=candidate.fasta, template=core.filtered, align=kmer, search=gotoh, ksize=8, match=2.0, mismatch=3.0, gapopen=-2.0, gapextend=-1.0)\n");\r
-               m->mothurOut("Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. candidate), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFastaFile).\n\n");\r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "help");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-\r
-\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-\r
-int AlignCommand::execute(){\r
-       try {\r
-               if (abort == true) {    return 0;       }\r
-\r
-               templateDB = new AlignmentDB(templateFileName, search, kmerSize, gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch);\r
-               int longestBase = templateDB->getLongestBase();\r
-               \r
-               if(align == "gotoh")                    {       alignment = new GotohOverlap(gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch, longestBase);                 }\r
-               else if(align == "needleman")   {       alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(gapOpen, match, misMatch, longestBase);                                }\r
-               else if(align == "blast")               {       alignment = new BlastAlignment(gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch);            }\r
-               else if(align == "noalign")             {       alignment = new NoAlign();                                                                                                      }\r
-               else {\r
-                       m->mothurOut(align + " is not a valid alignment option. I will run the command using needleman.");\r
-                       m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                       alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(gapOpen, match, misMatch, longestBase);\r
-               }\r
-               vector<string> outputNames;\r
-               \r
-               for (int s = 0; s < candidateFileNames.size(); s++) {\r
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { return 0; }\r
-                       \r
-                       m->mothurOut("Aligning sequences from " + candidateFileNames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                       \r
-                       if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += hasPath(candidateFileNames[s]); }\r
-                       string alignFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s])) + "align";\r
-                       string reportFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s])) + "align.report";\r
-                       string accnosFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[s])) + "flip.accnos";\r
-                       bool hasAccnos = true;\r
-                       \r
-                       int numFastaSeqs = 0;\r
-                       for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();\r
-                       int start = time(NULL);\r
-               \r
-#ifdef USE_MPI \r
-                               int pid, end, numSeqsPerProcessor; \r
-                               int tag = 2001;\r
-                               vector<long> MPIPos;\r
-                               MPIWroteAccnos = false;\r
-                               \r
-                               MPI_Status status; \r
-                               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are\r
-                               MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors); \r
-\r
-                               MPI_File inMPI;\r
-                               MPI_File outMPIAlign;\r
-                               MPI_File outMPIReport;\r
-                               MPI_File outMPIAccnos;\r
-                               \r
-                               int outMode=MPI_MODE_CREATE|MPI_MODE_WRONLY; \r
-                               int inMode=MPI_MODE_RDONLY; \r
-                               \r
-                               //char* outAlignFilename = new char[alignFileName.length()];\r
-                               //memcpy(outAlignFilename, alignFileName.c_str(), alignFileName.length());\r
-                               \r
-                               char outAlignFilename[1024];\r
-                               strcpy(outAlignFilename, alignFileName.c_str());\r
-\r
-                               //char* outReportFilename = new char[reportFileName.length()];\r
-                               //memcpy(outReportFilename, reportFileName.c_str(), reportFileName.length());\r
-                               \r
-                               char outReportFilename[1024];\r
-                               strcpy(outReportFilename, reportFileName.c_str());\r
-\r
-                               //char* outAccnosFilename = new char[accnosFileName.length()];\r
-                               //memcpy(outAccnosFilename, accnosFileName.c_str(), accnosFileName.length());\r
-                               \r
-                               char outAccnosFilename[1024];\r
-                               strcpy(outAccnosFilename, accnosFileName.c_str());\r
-\r
-                               //char* inFileName = new char[candidateFileNames[s].length()];\r
-                               //memcpy(inFileName, candidateFileNames[s].c_str(), candidateFileNames[s].length());\r
-                               \r
-                               char inFileName[1024];\r
-                               strcpy(inFileName, candidateFileNames[s].c_str());\r
-                               \r
-                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, inFileName, inMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &inMPI);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer\r
-                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAlignFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAlign);\r
-                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outReportFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIReport);\r
-                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAccnosFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAccnos);\r
-                               \r
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); return 0; }\r
-                               \r
-                               if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process \r
-                                       \r
-                                       MPIPos = setFilePosFasta(candidateFileNames[s], numFastaSeqs); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs\r
-                                       \r
-                                       //send file positions to all processes\r
-                                       MPI_Bcast(&numFastaSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);  //send numSeqs\r
-                                       MPI_Bcast(&MPIPos[0], (numFastaSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //send file pos   \r
-                                       \r
-                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align\r
-                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;\r
-                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;         }\r
-                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;\r
-                               \r
-                                       //align your part\r
-                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPIAlign, outMPIReport, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);\r
-                                       \r
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); return 0; }\r
-\r
-                                       for (int i = 1; i < processors; i++) {\r
-                                               bool tempResult;\r
-                                               MPI_Recv(&tempResult, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);\r
-                                               if (tempResult != 0) { MPIWroteAccnos = true; }\r
-                                       }\r
-                               }else{ //you are a child process\r
-                                       MPI_Bcast(&numFastaSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //get numSeqs\r
-                                       MPIPos.resize(numFastaSeqs+1);\r
-                                       MPI_Bcast(&MPIPos[0], (numFastaSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //get file positions\r
-                                       \r
-                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align\r
-                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;\r
-                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;         }\r
-                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;\r
-                                       \r
-                                       //align your part\r
-                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPIAlign, outMPIReport, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);\r
-                                       \r
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); return 0; }\r
-\r
-                                       MPI_Send(&MPIWroteAccnos, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD); \r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               //close files \r
-                               MPI_File_close(&inMPI);\r
-                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);\r
-                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);\r
-                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);\r
-                               \r
-                               //delete accnos file if blank\r
-                               if (pid == 0) {\r
-                                       //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user\r
-                                       if (MPIWroteAccnos) { \r
-                                               m->mothurOut("Some of you sequences generated alignments that eliminated too many bases, a list is provided in " + accnosFileName + ".");\r
-                                               if (!flip) {\r
-                                                       m->mothurOut(" If you set the flip parameter to true mothur will try aligning the reverse compliment as well."); \r
-                                               }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }\r
-                                               m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                                       }else { \r
-                                               //MPI_Info info;\r
-                                               //MPI_File_delete(outAccnosFilename, info);\r
-                                               hasAccnos = false;      \r
-                                               remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       }\r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-#else\r
-                       \r
-       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)\r
-                       if(processors == 1){\r
-                               ifstream inFASTA;\r
-                               openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);\r
-                               numFastaSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');\r
-                               inFASTA.close();\r
-                               \r
-                               lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numFastaSeqs));\r
-                               \r
-                               driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);\r
-                               \r
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { \r
-                                       remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       remove(alignFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       remove(reportFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       return 0; \r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user\r
-                               if (isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  hasAccnos = false; }\r
-                               else { \r
-                                       m->mothurOut("Some of you sequences generated alignments that eliminated too many bases, a list is provided in " + accnosFileName + ".");\r
-                                       if (!flip) {\r
-                                               m->mothurOut(" If you set the flip parameter to true mothur will try aligning the reverse compliment as well."); \r
-                                       }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }\r
-                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                               }\r
-                       }\r
-                       else{\r
-                               vector<int> positions;\r
-                               processIDS.resize(0);\r
-                               \r
-                               ifstream inFASTA;\r
-                               openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);\r
-                               \r
-                               string input;\r
-                               while(!inFASTA.eof()){\r
-                                       input = getline(inFASTA);\r
-                                       if (input.length() != 0) {\r
-                                               if(input[0] == '>'){    long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);  }\r
-                                       }\r
-                               }\r
-                               inFASTA.close();\r
-                               \r
-                               numFastaSeqs = positions.size();\r
-                               \r
-                               int numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs / processors;\r
-                               \r
-                               for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {\r
-                                       long int startPos = positions[ i * numSeqsPerProcessor ];\r
-                                       if(i == processors - 1){\r
-                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;\r
-                                       }\r
-                                       lines.push_back(new linePair(startPos, numSeqsPerProcessor));\r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               createProcesses(alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]); \r
-                               \r
-                               rename((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), alignFileName.c_str());\r
-                               rename((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), reportFileName.c_str());\r
-                               \r
-                               //append alignment and report files\r
-                               for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){\r
-                                       appendAlignFiles((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), alignFileName);\r
-                                       remove((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());\r
-                                       \r
-                                       appendReportFiles((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), reportFileName);\r
-                                       remove((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());\r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               vector<string> nonBlankAccnosFiles;\r
-                               //delete blank accnos files generated with multiple processes\r
-                               for(int i=0;i<processors;i++){  \r
-                                       if (!(isBlank(accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"))) {\r
-                                               nonBlankAccnosFiles.push_back(accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp");\r
-                                       }else { remove((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());  }\r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               //append accnos files\r
-                               if (nonBlankAccnosFiles.size() != 0) { \r
-                                       rename(nonBlankAccnosFiles[0].c_str(), accnosFileName.c_str());\r
-                                       \r
-                                       for (int h=1; h < nonBlankAccnosFiles.size(); h++) {\r
-                                               appendAlignFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFileName);\r
-                                               remove(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h].c_str());\r
-                                       }\r
-                                       m->mothurOut("Some of you sequences generated alignments that eliminated too many bases, a list is provided in " + accnosFileName + ".");\r
-                                       if (!flip) {\r
-                                               m->mothurOut(" If you set the flip parameter to true mothur will try aligning the reverse compliment as well."); \r
-                                       }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }\r
-                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                               }else{ hasAccnos = false;  }\r
-                               \r
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { \r
-                                       remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       remove(alignFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       remove(reportFileName.c_str()); \r
-                                       return 0; \r
-                               }\r
-                       }\r
-       #else\r
-                       ifstream inFASTA;\r
-                       openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);\r
-                       numFastaSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');\r
-                       inFASTA.close();\r
-                       \r
-                       lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numFastaSeqs));\r
-                       \r
-                       driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);\r
-                       \r
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { \r
-                               remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); \r
-                               remove(alignFileName.c_str()); \r
-                               remove(reportFileName.c_str()); \r
-                               return 0; \r
-                       }\r
-                       \r
-                       //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user\r
-                       if (isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  hasAccnos = false; }\r
-                       else { \r
-                               m->mothurOut("Some of you sequences generated alignments that eliminated too many bases, a list is provided in " + accnosFileName + ".");\r
-                               if (!flip) {\r
-                                       m->mothurOut(" If you set the flip parameter to true mothur will try aligning the reverse compliment as well."); \r
-                               }else{  m->mothurOut(" If the reverse compliment proved to be better it was reported.");  }\r
-                               m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                       }\r
-                       \r
-       #endif\r
-\r
-#endif         \r
-\r
-\r
-               #ifdef USE_MPI\r
-                       MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); \r
-                                       \r
-                       if (pid == 0) { //only one process should output to screen\r
-               #endif\r
-\r
-                       outputNames.push_back(alignFileName);\r
-                       outputNames.push_back(reportFileName);\r
-                       if (hasAccnos)  {       outputNames.push_back(accnosFileName);          }\r
-                       \r
-               #ifdef USE_MPI\r
-                       }\r
-               #endif\r
-\r
-                       m->mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to align " + toString(numFastaSeqs) + " sequences.");\r
-                       m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-                       m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               \r
-               m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-               m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-               for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  m->mothurOut(outputNames[i]); m->mothurOutEndLine();    }\r
-               m->mothurOutEndLine();\r
-\r
-               return 0;\r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "execute");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-\r
-int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* line, string alignFName, string reportFName, string accnosFName, string filename){\r
-       try {\r
-               ofstream alignmentFile;\r
-               openOutputFile(alignFName, alignmentFile);\r
-               \r
-               ofstream accnosFile;\r
-               openOutputFile(accnosFName, accnosFile);\r
-               \r
-               NastReport report(reportFName);\r
-               \r
-               ifstream inFASTA;\r
-               openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);\r
-\r
-               inFASTA.seekg(line->start);\r
-       \r
-               for(int i=0;i<line->numSeqs;i++){\r
-                       \r
-                       if (m->control_pressed) {  return 0; }\r
-                       \r
-                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  gobble(inFASTA);\r
-       \r
-                       int origNumBases = candidateSeq->getNumBases();\r
-                       string originalUnaligned = candidateSeq->getUnaligned();\r
-                       int numBasesNeeded = origNumBases * threshold;\r
-       \r
-                       if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file\r
-                               if (candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length() > alignment->getnRows()) {\r
-                                       alignment->resize(candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length()+1);\r
-                               }\r
-                                                               \r
-                               Sequence temp = templateDB->findClosestSequence(candidateSeq);\r
-                               Sequence* templateSeq = &temp;\r
-                               \r
-                               float searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();\r
-                                                               \r
-                               Nast* nast = new Nast(alignment, candidateSeq, templateSeq);\r
-                               Sequence* copy;\r
-                               \r
-                               Nast* nast2;\r
-                               bool needToDeleteCopy = false;  //this is needed in case you have you enter the ifs below\r
-                                                                                               //since nast does not make a copy of hte sequence passed, and it is used by the reporter below\r
-                                                                                               //you can't delete the copy sequence til after you report, but you may choose not to create it in the first place\r
-                                                                                               //so this bool tells you if you need to delete it\r
-                                                                                               \r
-                               //if there is a possibility that this sequence should be reversed\r
-                               if (candidateSeq->getNumBases() < numBasesNeeded) {\r
-                                       \r
-                                       string wasBetter = "";\r
-                                       //if the user wants you to try the reverse\r
-                                       if (flip) {\r
-                                               //get reverse compliment\r
-                                               copy = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), originalUnaligned);\r
-                                               copy->reverseComplement();\r
-                                               \r
-                                               //rerun alignment\r
-                                               Sequence temp2 = templateDB->findClosestSequence(copy);\r
-                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = &temp2;\r
-                                               \r
-                                               searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();\r
-                                               \r
-                                               nast2 = new Nast(alignment, copy, templateSeq2);\r
-                       \r
-                                               //check if any better\r
-                                               if (copy->getNumBases() > candidateSeq->getNumBases()) {\r
-                                                       candidateSeq->setAligned(copy->getAligned());  //use reverse compliments alignment since its better\r
-                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2; \r
-                                                       delete nast;\r
-                                                       nast = nast2;\r
-                                                       needToDeleteCopy = true;\r
-                                               }else{  \r
-                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment, please check sequence.";\r
-                                                       delete nast2;\r
-                                                       delete copy;    \r
-                                               }\r
-                                       }\r
-                                       \r
-                                       //create accnos file with names\r
-                                       accnosFile << candidateSeq->getName() << wasBetter << endl;\r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               report.setCandidate(candidateSeq);\r
-                               report.setTemplate(templateSeq);\r
-                               report.setSearchParameters(search, searchScore);\r
-                               report.setAlignmentParameters(align, alignment);\r
-                               report.setNastParameters(*nast);\r
-       \r
-                               alignmentFile << '>' << candidateSeq->getName() << '\n' << candidateSeq->getAligned() << endl;\r
-                               \r
-                               report.print();\r
-                               delete nast;\r
-                               if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }\r
-                       }\r
-                       delete candidateSeq;\r
-                       \r
-                       //report progress\r
-                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   m->mothurOut(toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }\r
-               }\r
-               //report progress\r
-               if((line->numSeqs) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(line->numSeqs)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }\r
-               \r
-               alignmentFile.close();\r
-               inFASTA.close();\r
-               accnosFile.close();\r
-               \r
-               return 1;\r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "driver");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-#ifdef USE_MPI\r
-int AlignCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& alignFile, MPI_File& reportFile, MPI_File& accnosFile, vector<long>& MPIPos){\r
-       try {\r
-               string outputString = "";\r
-               MPI_Status statusReport; \r
-               MPI_Status statusAlign; \r
-               MPI_Status statusAccnos; \r
-               MPI_Status status; \r
-               int pid;\r
-               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are\r
-       \r
-               NastReport report;\r
-               \r
-               if (pid == 0) {\r
-                       outputString = report.getHeaders();\r
-                       int length = outputString.length();\r
-            \r
-                       char* buf = new char[length];\r
-                       memcpy(buf, outputString.c_str(), length);\r
-               \r
-                       MPI_File_write_shared(reportFile, buf, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusReport);\r
-\r
-            delete buf;\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               for(int i=0;i<num;i++){\r
-               \r
-                       if (m->control_pressed) {  return 0; }\r
-\r
-                       //read next sequence\r
-                       int length = MPIPos[start+i+1] - MPIPos[start+i];\r
-\r
-                       char* buf4 = new char[length];\r
-                       memcpy(buf4, outputString.c_str(), length);\r
-\r
-                       MPI_File_read_at(inMPI, MPIPos[start+i], buf4, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);\r
-                       \r
-                       string tempBuf = buf4;\r
-\r
-                       delete buf4;\r
-\r
-                       if (tempBuf.length() > length) { tempBuf = tempBuf.substr(0, length);  }\r
-                       istringstream iss (tempBuf,istringstream::in);\r
-       \r
-                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(iss);  \r
-                       int origNumBases = candidateSeq->getNumBases();\r
-                       string originalUnaligned = candidateSeq->getUnaligned();\r
-                       int numBasesNeeded = origNumBases * threshold;\r
-       \r
-                       if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file\r
-                               if (candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length() > alignment->getnRows()) {\r
-                                       alignment->resize(candidateSeq->getUnaligned().length()+1);\r
-                               }\r
-                                                               \r
-                               Sequence temp = templateDB->findClosestSequence(candidateSeq);\r
-                               Sequence* templateSeq = &temp;\r
-                               \r
-                               float searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();\r
-                                                               \r
-                               Nast* nast = new Nast(alignment, candidateSeq, templateSeq);\r
-                               Sequence* copy;\r
-                               \r
-                               Nast* nast2;\r
-                               bool needToDeleteCopy = false;  //this is needed in case you have you enter the ifs below\r
-                                                                                               //since nast does not make a copy of hte sequence passed, and it is used by the reporter below\r
-                                                                                               //you can't delete the copy sequence til after you report, but you may choose not to create it in the first place\r
-                                                                                               //so this bool tells you if you need to delete it\r
-                                                                                               \r
-                               //if there is a possibility that this sequence should be reversed\r
-                               if (candidateSeq->getNumBases() < numBasesNeeded) {\r
-                                       \r
-                                       string wasBetter = "";\r
-                                       //if the user wants you to try the reverse\r
-                                       if (flip) {\r
-                                               //get reverse compliment\r
-                                               copy = new Sequence(candidateSeq->getName(), originalUnaligned);\r
-                                               copy->reverseComplement();\r
-                                               \r
-                                               //rerun alignment\r
-                                               Sequence temp2 = templateDB->findClosestSequence(copy);\r
-                                               Sequence* templateSeq2 = &temp2;\r
-                                               \r
-                                               searchScore = templateDB->getSearchScore();\r
-                                               \r
-                                               nast2 = new Nast(alignment, copy, templateSeq2);\r
-                       \r
-                                               //check if any better\r
-                                               if (copy->getNumBases() > candidateSeq->getNumBases()) {\r
-                                                       candidateSeq->setAligned(copy->getAligned());  //use reverse compliments alignment since its better\r
-                                                       templateSeq = templateSeq2; \r
-                                                       delete nast;\r
-                                                       nast = nast2;\r
-                                                       needToDeleteCopy = true;\r
-                                               }else{  \r
-                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment, please check sequence.";\r
-                                                       delete nast2;\r
-                                                       delete copy;    \r
-                                               }\r
-                                       }\r
-                                       \r
-                                       //create accnos file with names\r
-                                       outputString = candidateSeq->getName() + wasBetter + "\n";\r
-                                       \r
-                                       //send results to parent\r
-                                       int length = outputString.length();\r
-\r
-                                       char* buf = new char[length];\r
-                                       memcpy(buf, outputString.c_str(), length);\r
-                               \r
-                                       MPI_File_write_shared(accnosFile, buf, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusAccnos);\r
-                                       delete buf;\r
-                                       MPIWroteAccnos = true;\r
-                               }\r
-                               \r
-                               report.setCandidate(candidateSeq);\r
-                               report.setTemplate(templateSeq);\r
-                               report.setSearchParameters(search, searchScore);\r
-                               report.setAlignmentParameters(align, alignment);\r
-                               report.setNastParameters(*nast);\r
-       \r
-                               outputString =  ">" + candidateSeq->getName() + "\n" + candidateSeq->getAligned() + "\n";\r
-                               \r
-                               //send results to parent\r
-                               int length = outputString.length();\r
-                               char* buf2 = new char[length];\r
-                               memcpy(buf2, outputString.c_str(), length);\r
-                               \r
-                               MPI_File_write_shared(alignFile, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusAlign);\r
-                               \r
-                               delete buf2;\r
-\r
-                               outputString = report.getReport();\r
-                               \r
-                               //send results to parent\r
-                               length = outputString.length();\r
-                               char* buf3 = new char[length];\r
-                               memcpy(buf3, outputString.c_str(), length);\r
-                               \r
-                               MPI_File_write_shared(reportFile, buf3, length, MPI_CHAR, &statusReport);\r
-                               \r
-                               delete buf3;\r
-                               delete nast;\r
-                               if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }\r
-                       }\r
-                       delete candidateSeq;\r
-                       \r
-                       //report progress\r
-                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   cout << (toString(i+1)) << endl;                }\r
-               }\r
-               //report progress\r
-               if((num) % 100 != 0){   cout << (toString(num)) << endl;                }\r
-               \r
-               return 1;\r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "driverMPI");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-#endif\r
-/**************************************************************************************************/\r
-\r
-int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, string accnosFName, string filename) {\r
-       try {\r
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)\r
-               int process = 0;\r
-               int exitCommand = 1;\r
-               //              processIDS.resize(0);\r
-               \r
-               //loop through and create all the processes you want\r
-               while (process != processors) {\r
-                       int pid = fork();\r
-                       \r
-                       if (pid > 0) {\r
-                               processIDS.push_back(pid);  //create map from line number to pid so you can append files in correct order later\r
-                               process++;\r
-                       }else if (pid == 0){\r
-                               exitCommand = driver(lines[process], alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", reportFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", accnosFName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename);\r
-                               exit(0);\r
-                       }else { m->mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               //force parent to wait until all the processes are done\r
-               for (int i=0;i<processors;i++) { \r
-                       int temp = processIDS[i];\r
-                       wait(&temp);\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               return exitCommand;\r
-#endif         \r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "createProcesses");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-\r
-/**************************************************************************************************/\r
-\r
-void AlignCommand::appendAlignFiles(string temp, string filename) {\r
-       try{\r
-               \r
-               ofstream output;\r
-               ifstream input;\r
-               openOutputFileAppend(filename, output);\r
-               openInputFile(temp, input);\r
-               \r
-               while(char c = input.get()){\r
-                       if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }\r
-                       else                            {       output << c;    }\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               input.close();\r
-               output.close();\r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "appendAlignFiles");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
-\r
-void AlignCommand::appendReportFiles(string temp, string filename) {\r
-       try{\r
-               \r
-               ofstream output;\r
-               ifstream input;\r
-               openOutputFileAppend(filename, output);\r
-               openInputFile(temp, input);\r
-\r
-               while (!input.eof())    {       char c = input.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){  break;  }       } // get header line\r
-                               \r
-               while(char c = input.get()){\r
-                       if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }\r
-                       else                            {       output << c;    }\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               input.close();\r
-               output.close();\r
-       }\r
-       catch(exception& e) {\r
-               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "appendReportFiles");\r
-               exit(1);\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-//**********************************************************************************************************************\r
+/*
+ *  aligncommand.cpp
+ *  Mothur
+ *
+ *  Created by Sarah Westcott on 5/15/09.
+ *  Copyright 2009 Schloss Lab UMASS Amherst. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *     This version of nast does everything I think that the greengenes nast server does and then some.  I have added the 
+ *     feature of allowing users to define their database, kmer size for searching, alignment penalty values and alignment 
+ *     method.  This latter feature is perhaps most significant.  nastPlus enables a user to use either a Needleman-Wunsch 
+ *     (non-affine gap penalty) or Gotoh (affine gap penalty) pairwise alignment algorithm.  This is significant because it
+ *     allows for a global alignment and not the local alignment provided by bLAst.  Furthermore, it has the potential to
+ *     provide a better alignment because of the banding method employed by blast (I'm not sure about this).
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "aligncommand.h"
+#include "referencedb.h"
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+vector<string> AlignCommand::setParameters(){  
+       try {
+               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);          }
+               return myArray;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "setParameters");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+string AlignCommand::getHelpString(){  
+       try {
+               string helpString = "";
+               helpString += "The align.seqs command reads a file containing sequences and creates an alignment file and a report file.";
+               helpString += "The align.seqs command parameters are reference, fasta, search, ksize, align, match, mismatch, gapopen, gapextend and processors.";
+               helpString += "The reference and fasta parameters are required. You may leave fasta blank if you have a valid fasta file. You may enter multiple fasta files by separating their names with dashes. ie. fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amzon.fasta.";
+               helpString += "The search parameter allows you to specify the method to find most similar template.  Your options are: suffix, kmer and blast. The default is kmer.";
+               helpString += "The align parameter allows you to specify the alignment method to use.  Your options are: gotoh, needleman, blast and noalign. The default is needleman.";
+               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 -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.";
+               helpString += "If the save parameter is set to true the reference sequences will be saved in memory, to clear them later you can use the clear.memory command. Default=f.";
+               helpString += "The default for the threshold parameter is 0.50, meaning at least 50% of the bases must remain or the sequence is reported as potentially reversed.";
+               helpString += "The align.seqs command should be in the following format:";
+               helpString += "align.seqs(reference=yourTemplateFile, fasta=yourCandidateFile, align=yourAlignmentMethod, search=yourSearchmethod, ksize=yourKmerSize, match=yourMatchBonus, mismatch=yourMismatchpenalty, gapopen=yourGapopenPenalty, gapextend=yourGapExtendPenalty)";
+               helpString += "Example align.seqs(candidate=candidate.fasta, template=core.filtered, align=kmer, search=gotoh, ksize=8, match=2.0, mismatch=3.0, gapopen=-2.0, gapextend=-1.0)";
+               helpString += "Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. candidate), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFastaFile).";
+               return helpString;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "getHelpString");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+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; 
+               setParameters();
+               vector<string> tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["alignreport"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["accnos"] = tempOutNames;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "AlignCommand");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+AlignCommand::AlignCommand(string option)  {
+       try {
+               abort = false; calledHelp = false;  
+               ReferenceDB* rdb = ReferenceDB::getInstance();
+               
+               //allow user to run help
+               if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; calledHelp = true;}
+               else if(option == "citation") { citation(); abort = true; calledHelp = true;}
+               
+               else {
+                       vector<string> myArray = setParameters();
+                       
+                       OptionParser parser(option);
+                       map<string, string> parameters = parser.getParameters(); 
+                       
+                       ValidParameters validParameter("align.seqs");
+                       map<string, string>::iterator it;
+                       
+                       //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
+                       for (it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { 
+                               if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) {  abort = true;  }
+                       }
+                       
+                       //initialize outputTypes
+                       vector<string> tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["alignreport"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["accnos"] = tempOutNames;
+                       
+                       //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
+                       outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  outputDir = "";         }
+                       
+
+                       //if the user changes the input directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
+                       string inputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "inputdir", false);              
+                       
+                       if (inputDir == "not found"){   inputDir = "";          }
+                       else {
+                               string path;
+
+                               it = parameters.find("reference");
+
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = m->hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["reference"] = inputDir + it->second;                }
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       candidateFileName = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", false);
+                       if (candidateFileName == "not found") { 
+                               //if there is a current fasta file, use it
+                               string filename = m->getFastaFile(); 
+                               if (filename != "") { candidateFileNames.push_back(filename); m->mothurOut("Using " + filename + " as input file for the fasta parameter."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                               else {  m->mothurOut("You have no current fastafile and the candidate parameter is required."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+                       }else { 
+                               m->splitAtDash(candidateFileName, candidateFileNames);
+                               
+                               //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
+                               for (int i = 0; i < candidateFileNames.size(); i++) {
+                                       //candidateFileNames[i] = m->getFullPathName(candidateFileNames[i]);
+                                       
+                                       bool ignore = false;
+                                       if (candidateFileNames[i] == "current") { 
+                                               candidateFileNames[i] = m->getFastaFile(); 
+                                               if (candidateFileNames[i] != "") {  m->mothurOut("Using " + candidateFileNames[i] + " as input file for the fasta parameter where you had given current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                               else {  
+                                                       m->mothurOut("You have no current fastafile, ignoring current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); ignore=true; 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       candidateFileNames.erase(candidateFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       if (!ignore) {
+                                       
+                                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                                       string path = m->hasPath(candidateFileNames[i]);
+                                                       //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 = m->openInputFile(candidateFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
+                                               in.close();     
+                                               
+                                               //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + candidateFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               candidateFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               //if you can't open it, try output location
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(candidateFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + candidateFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               candidateFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                                                               
+
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + candidateFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       candidateFileNames.erase(candidateFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
+                                               }else {
+                                                       m->setFastaFile(candidateFileNames[i]);
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               //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;
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "8";                             }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, kmerSize); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "match", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "1.0";                   }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, match);  
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mismatch", false);         if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "-1.0";                  }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, misMatch);  
+                       
+                       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 = "-2.0";                  }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, gapExtend); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found"){       temp = m->getProcessors();      }
+                       m->setProcessors(temp);
+                       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); 
+                       rdb->save = save; 
+                       if (save) { //clear out old references
+                               rdb->clearMemory();
+                       }
+                       
+                       //this has to go after save so that if the user sets save=t and provides no reference we abort
+                       templateFileName = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "reference", true);
+                       if (templateFileName == "not found") { 
+                               //check for saved reference sequences
+                               if (rdb->referenceSeqs.size() != 0) {
+                                       templateFileName = "saved";
+                               }else {
+                                       m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: You don't have any saved reference sequences and the reference parameter is a required for the align.seqs command."); 
+                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       abort = true; 
+                               }
+                       }else if (templateFileName == "not open") { abort = true; }     
+                       else {  if (save) {     rdb->setSavedReference(templateFileName);       }       }
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "threshold", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0.50";                  }
+                       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; }
+                       
+                       align = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "align", false);           if (align == "not found"){      align = "needleman";    }
+                       if ((align != "needleman") && (align != "gotoh") && (align != "blast") && (align != "noalign")) { m->mothurOut("invalid align option: choices are needleman, gotoh, blast or noalign."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort=true; }
+
+               }
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "AlignCommand");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+AlignCommand::~AlignCommand(){ 
+
+       if (abort == false) {
+               for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
+               delete templateDB;
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+int AlignCommand::execute(){
+       try {
+               if (abort == true) { if (calledHelp) { return 0; }  return 2;   }
+
+               templateDB = new AlignmentDB(templateFileName, search, kmerSize, gapOpen, gapExtend, match, misMatch, rand());
+               
+               for (int s = 0; s < candidateFileNames.size(); s++) {
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); return 0; }
+                       
+                       m->mothurOut("Aligning sequences from " + candidateFileNames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       
+                       if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += m->hasPath(candidateFileNames[s]); }
+            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;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
+                       int start = time(NULL);
+               
+#ifdef USE_MPI 
+                               int pid, numSeqsPerProcessor; 
+                               int tag = 2001;
+                               vector<unsigned long long> MPIPos;
+                               MPIWroteAccnos = false;
+                       
+                               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());
+                               
+                               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);
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAlign);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIReport);  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); outputTypes.clear(); return 0; }
+                               
+                               if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process 
+                                       
+                                       MPIPos = m->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); outputTypes.clear(); 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); outputTypes.clear(); 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;      
+                                               m->mothurRemove(accnosFileName); 
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+#else
+
+                       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
+                       if (processors == 1) {
+                               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++) {
+                                       int startIndex =  i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(i == (processors - 1)){      numSeqsPerProcessor = numFastaSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;   }
+                                       lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[startIndex], numSeqsPerProcessor));
+                               }
+                       }
+               #endif
+                       
+                       if(processors == 1){
+                               numFastaSeqs = driver(lines[0], alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]);
+                       }else{
+                               numFastaSeqs = createProcesses(alignFileName, reportFileName, accnosFileName, candidateFileNames[s]); 
+                       }
+                               
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { m->mothurRemove(accnosFileName); m->mothurRemove(alignFileName); m->mothurRemove(reportFileName); outputTypes.clear();  return 0; }
+                       
+                       //delete accnos file if its blank else report to user
+                       if (m->isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  m->mothurRemove(accnosFileName);  hasAccnos = false; }
+                       else { 
+                               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();
+                       }
+
+#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); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(alignFileName);
+                       outputNames.push_back(reportFileName); outputTypes["alignreport"].push_back(reportFileName);
+                       if (hasAccnos)  {       outputNames.push_back(accnosFileName);  outputTypes["accnos"].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();
+               }
+               
+               //set align file as new current fastafile
+               string currentFasta = "";
+               itTypes = outputTypes.find("fasta");
+               if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
+                       if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { currentFasta = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setFastaFile(currentFasta); }
+               }
+               
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  m->mothurOut(outputNames[i]); m->mothurOutEndLine();    }
+               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "execute");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int AlignCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string alignFName, string reportFName, string accnosFName, string filename){
+       try {
+               ofstream alignmentFile;
+               m->openOutputFile(alignFName, alignmentFile);
+               
+               ofstream accnosFile;
+               m->openOutputFile(accnosFName, accnosFile);
+               
+               NastReport report(reportFName);
+               
+               ifstream inFASTA;
+               m->openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+
+               inFASTA.seekg(filePos->start);
+
+               bool done = false;
+               int count = 0;
+               
+               //moved this into driver to avoid deep copies in windows paralellized version
+               Alignment* alignment;
+               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);            }
+               else if(align == "noalign")             {       alignment = new NoAlign();                                                                                                      }
+               else {
+                       m->mothurOut(align + " is not a valid alignment option. I will run the command using needleman.");
+                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(gapOpen, match, misMatch, longestBase);
+               }
+       
+               while (!done) {
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) {  break; }
+                       
+                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  m->gobble(inFASTA);
+            cout  << candidateSeq->getAligned() << endl;
+                       report.setCandidate(candidateSeq);
+
+                       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;
+                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement produced a better alignment, so mothur used the reverse complement.";
+                                               }else{  
+                                                       wasBetter = "\treverse complement did NOT produce a better alignment so it was not used, please check sequence.";
+                                                       delete nast2;
+                                                       delete copy;    
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       //create accnos file with names
+                                       accnosFile << candidateSeq->getName() << wasBetter << endl;
+                               }
+                               
+                               report.setTemplate(templateSeq);
+                               report.setSearchParameters(search, searchScore);
+                               report.setAlignmentParameters(align, alignment);
+                               report.setNastParameters(*nast);
+       
+                               alignmentFile << '>' << candidateSeq->getName() << '\n' << candidateSeq->getAligned() << endl;
+                               
+                               report.print();
+                               delete nast;
+                               if (needToDeleteCopy) {   delete copy;   }
+                               
+                               count++;
+                       }
+                       delete candidateSeq;
+                       
+                       #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->mothurOutJustToScreen(toString(count) + "\n");               }
+                       
+               }
+               //report progress
+               if((count) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOutJustToScreen(toString(count) + "\n");               }
+               
+               delete alignment;
+               alignmentFile.close();
+               inFASTA.close();
+               accnosFile.close();
+               
+               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 long>& 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;
+               }
+               
+               Alignment* alignment;
+               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);            }
+               else if(align == "noalign")             {       alignment = new NoAlign();                                                                                                      }
+               else {
+                       m->mothurOut(align + " is not a valid alignment option. I will run the command using needleman.");
+                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(gapOpen, match, misMatch, longestBase);
+               }
+               
+               
+               for(int i=0;i<num;i++){
+               
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { delete alignment; 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);  
+                       report.setCandidate(candidateSeq);
+
+                       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;
+                                                       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.";
+                                                       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.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
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+int AlignCommand::createProcesses(string alignFileName, string reportFileName, string accnosFName, string filename) {
+       try {
+               int num = 0;
+               processIDS.resize(0);
+#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();
+                       
+                       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);
+                               
+                               //pass numSeqs to parent
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string tempFile = alignFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".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);
+               
+               //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
+               for (int i=0;i<processIDS.size();i++) { 
+                       int temp = processIDS[i];
+                       wait(&temp);
+               }
+               
+               vector<string> nonBlankAccnosFiles;
+               if (!(m->isBlank(accnosFName))) { nonBlankAccnosFiles.push_back(accnosFName); }
+               else { m->mothurRemove(accnosFName); } //remove so other files can be renamed to it
+                       
+               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) {
+                       ifstream in;
+                       string tempFile =  alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
+                       m->openInputFile(tempFile, in);
+                       if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; in >> tempNum; num += tempNum; }
+                       in.close(); m->mothurRemove(tempFile);
+                       
+                       m->appendFiles((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), alignFileName);
+                       m->mothurRemove((alignFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
+                       
+                       appendReportFiles((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), reportFileName);
+                       m->mothurRemove((reportFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
+                       
+                       if (!(m->isBlank(accnosFName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"))) {
+                               nonBlankAccnosFiles.push_back(accnosFName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp");
+                       }else { m->mothurRemove((accnosFName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));  }
+                       
+               }
+               
+               //append accnos files
+               if (nonBlankAccnosFiles.size() != 0) { 
+                       rename(nonBlankAccnosFiles[0].c_str(), accnosFName.c_str());
+                       
+                       for (int h=1; h < nonBlankAccnosFiles.size(); h++) {
+                               m->appendFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFName);
+                               m->mothurRemove(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h]);
+                       }
+               }else { //recreate the accnosfile if needed
+                       ofstream out;
+                       m->openOutputFile(accnosFName, out);
+                       out.close();
+               }
+#else
+               //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               //Windows version shared memory, so be careful when passing variables through the alignData struct. 
+               //Above fork() will clone, so memory is separate, but that's not the case with windows, 
+               //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               
+               vector<alignData*> pDataArray; 
+               DWORD   dwThreadIdArray[processors-1];
+               HANDLE  hThreadArray[processors-1]; 
+               
+               //Create processor worker threads.
+               for( int i=0; i<processors-1; i++ ){
+                       //copy templateDb
+                       //AlignmentDB* tempDB = new AlignmentDB(*templateDB);
+                       
+                       // Allocate memory for thread data.
+                       string extension = "";
+                       if (i != 0) { extension = toString(i) + ".temp"; }
+                       
+                       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);
+                               
+                       //MySeqSumThreadFunction is in header. It must be global or static to work with the threads.
+                       //default security attributes, thread function name, argument to thread function, use default creation flags, returns the thread identifier
+                       hThreadArray[i] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, MyAlignThreadFunction, pDataArray[i], 0, &dwThreadIdArray[i]);   
+               }
+               
+               //need to check for line ending error
+               ifstream inFASTA;
+               m->openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+               inFASTA.seekg(lines[processors-1]->start-1);
+               char c = inFASTA.peek();
+               
+               if (c != '>') { //we need to move back
+                       lines[processors-1]->start--; 
+               }
+               
+               //using the main process as a worker saves time and memory
+               //do my part - do last piece because windows is looking for eof
+               num = driver(lines[processors-1], (alignFileName + toString(processors-1) + ".temp"), (reportFileName + toString(processors-1) + ".temp"), (accnosFName + toString(processors-1) + ".temp"), filename);
+               
+               //Wait until all threads have terminated.
+               WaitForMultipleObjects(processors-1, hThreadArray, TRUE, INFINITE);
+               
+               //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];
+               }
+               
+               vector<string> nonBlankAccnosFiles;
+               if (!(m->isBlank(accnosFName))) { nonBlankAccnosFiles.push_back(accnosFName); }
+               else { m->mothurRemove(accnosFName); } //remove so other files can be renamed to it
+               
+               for (int i = 1; i < processors; i++) {
+                       m->appendFiles((alignFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"), alignFileName);
+                       m->mothurRemove((alignFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"));
+                       
+                       appendReportFiles((reportFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"), reportFileName);
+                       m->mothurRemove((reportFileName + toString(i) + ".temp"));
+                       
+                       if (!(m->isBlank(accnosFName + toString(i) + ".temp"))) {
+                               nonBlankAccnosFiles.push_back(accnosFName + toString(i) + ".temp");
+                       }else { m->mothurRemove((accnosFName + toString(i) + ".temp"));  }
+               }
+               
+               //append accnos files
+               if (nonBlankAccnosFiles.size() != 0) { 
+                       rename(nonBlankAccnosFiles[0].c_str(), accnosFName.c_str());
+                       
+                       for (int h=1; h < nonBlankAccnosFiles.size(); h++) {
+                               m->appendFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFName);
+                               m->mothurRemove(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h]);
+                       }
+               }else { //recreate the accnosfile if needed
+                       ofstream out;
+                       m->openOutputFile(accnosFName, out);
+                       out.close();
+               }       
+#endif 
+               
+               return num;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "createProcesses");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+void AlignCommand::appendReportFiles(string temp, string filename) {
+       try{
+               
+               ofstream output;
+               ifstream input;
+               m->openOutputFileAppend(filename, output);
+               m->openInputFile(temp, input);
+
+               while (!input.eof())    {       char c = input.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){  break;  }       } // get header line
+                               
+        char buffer[4096];        
+        while (!input.eof()) {
+            input.read(buffer, 4096);
+            output.write(buffer, input.gcount());
+        }
+               
+               input.close();
+               output.close();
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "AlignCommand", "appendReportFiles");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************