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index e8fa34df2e8f681bf158ef80b384a93e9ef49b4c..e1eebf400c052f7f7926e0029f6090ae0e93ede3 100644 (file)
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "pintail.h"
 #include "ccode.h"
 #include "chimeracheckrdp.h"
+#include "chimeraslayer.h"
 
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
@@ -25,24 +26,79 @@ ChimeraSeqsCommand::ChimeraSeqsCommand(string option){
                
                else {
                        //valid paramters for this command
-                       string Array[] =  {"fasta", "filter", "correction", "processors", "method", "window", "increment", "template", "conservation", "quantile", "mask", "numwanted", "ksize" };
+                       string Array[] =  {"fasta", "filter", "correction", "processors", "method", "window", "increment", "template", "conservation", "quantile", "mask", 
+                       "numwanted", "ksize", "svg", "name", "match","mismatch", "divergence", "minsim","mincov","minbs", "minsnp","parents", "iters","outputdir","inputdir" };
                        vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
                        
                        OptionParser parser(option);
                        map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
                        
                        ValidParameters validParameter;
+                       map<string,string>::iterator it;
                        
                        //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
-                       for (map<string,string>::iterator it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { 
+                       for (it = parameters.begin(); it != parameters.end(); it++) { 
                                if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) {  abort = true;  }
                        }
                        
+                       //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("fasta");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["fasta"] = inputDir + it->second;            }
+                               }
+                               
+                               it = parameters.find("template");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["template"] = inputDir + it->second;         }
+                               }
+                               
+                               it = parameters.find("conservation");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["conservation"] = inputDir + it->second;             }
+                               }
+                               
+                               it = parameters.find("quantile");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["quantile"] = inputDir + it->second;         }
+                               }
+                               
+                               it = parameters.find("name");
+                               //user has given a template file
+                               if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                       path = hasPath(it->second);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       parameters["name"] = inputDir + it->second;             }
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       
                        //check for required parameters
                        fastafile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", true);
                        if (fastafile == "not open") { abort = true; }
                        else if (fastafile == "not found") { fastafile = ""; mothurOut("fasta is a required parameter for the chimera.seqs command."); mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }     
                        
+                       //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 = ""; 
+                               outputDir += hasPath(fastafile); //if user entered a file with a path then preserve it  
+                       }
+
                        templatefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "template", true);
                        if (templatefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
                        else if (templatefile == "not found") { templatefile = "";  }   
@@ -54,10 +110,20 @@ ChimeraSeqsCommand::ChimeraSeqsCommand(string option){
                        quanfile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "quantile", true);
                        if (quanfile == "not open") { abort = true; }
                        else if (quanfile == "not found") { quanfile = "";  }
-                               
+                       
+                       namefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "name", true);
+                       if (namefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
+                       else if (namefile == "not found") { namefile = "";  }
+
                        maskfile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mask", false);
                        if (maskfile == "not found") { maskfile = "";  }        
                        else if (maskfile != "default")  { 
+                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                       string path = hasPath(maskfile);
+                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                       if (path == "") {       maskfile = inputDir + maskfile;         }
+                               }
+
                                ifstream in;
                                int     ableToOpen = openInputFile(maskfile, in);
                                if (ableToOpen == 1) { abort = true; }
@@ -79,20 +145,57 @@ ChimeraSeqsCommand::ChimeraSeqsCommand(string option){
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "7"; }
                        convert(temp, ksize);
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "window", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "svg", false);                              if (temp == "not found") { temp = "F"; }
+                       svg = isTrue(temp);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "window", false);   
+                       if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "50"; }                      
+                       else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
                        convert(temp, window);
-                                       
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "match", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "5"; }
+                       convert(temp, match);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mismatch", false);                 if (temp == "not found") { temp = "-4"; }
+                       convert(temp, mismatch);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "divergence", false);               if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1.007"; }
+                       convert(temp, divR);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsim", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "90"; }
+                       convert(temp, minSimilarity);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "mincov", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "70"; }
+                       convert(temp, minCoverage);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minbs", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "90"; }
+                       convert(temp, minBS);
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsnp", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "10"; }
+                       convert(temp, minSNP);
+
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "parents", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "3"; }
+                       convert(temp, parents); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false);    
+                       if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "100"; }             
+                       else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1000"; }
+                       convert(temp, iters); 
+                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "increment", false);                
                        if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeracheck")) { temp = "10"; }
+                       else if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "5"; }
                        else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "25"; }
                        convert(temp, increment);
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "numwanted", false);                if (temp == "not found") { temp = "20"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "numwanted", false);
+                       if ((temp == "not found") && (method == "chimeraslayer")) { temp = "15"; }              
+                       else if (temp == "not found") { temp = "20"; }
                        convert(temp, numwanted);
 
                        
                        
-                       if (((method == "pintail") || (method == "alignsim")) && (templatefile == "")) { mothurOut("You must provide a template file with the pintail and alignsim methods."); mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
+                       if (((method != "bellerophon")) && (templatefile == "")) { mothurOut("You must provide a template file with the pintail, ccode, chimeraslayer or chimeracheck methods."); mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
                        
 
                }
@@ -106,24 +209,47 @@ ChimeraSeqsCommand::ChimeraSeqsCommand(string option){
 
 void ChimeraSeqsCommand::help(){
        try {
-               mothurOut("chimera.seqs ASSUMES that your sequences are ALIGNED and if using a template that the template file sequences are the same length as the fasta file sequences.\n\n");
+       
+               //"fasta", "filter", "correction", "processors", "method", "window", "increment", "template", "conservation", "quantile", "mask", "numwanted", "ksize", "svg", "name"
+               //mothurOut("chimera.seqs ASSUMES that your sequences are ALIGNED and if using a template that the template file sequences are the same length as the fasta file sequences.\n\n");
                mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command reads a fastafile and creates list of potentially chimeric sequences.\n");
-               mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command parameters are fasta, filter, correction, processors, mask, method, window, increment, template, conservation and quantile.\n");
-               mothurOut("The fasta parameter is always required and template is required if using pintail.\n");
-               mothurOut("The filter parameter allows you to specify if you would like to apply a vertical and 50% soft filter.  The default is false. \n");
-               mothurOut("The correction parameter allows you to put more emphasis on the distance between highly similar sequences and less emphasis on the differences between remote homologs.   The default is true. This only applies when the method is bellerphon.\n");
+               mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command parameters are fasta, filter, correction, processors, mask, method, window, increment, template, conservation, quantile, numwanted, ksize, svg, name, iters.\n");
+               mothurOut("The fasta parameter is always required and template is required if using pintail, ccode or chimeracheck.\n");
+               mothurOut("The filter parameter allows you to specify if you would like to apply a vertical and 50% soft filter. \n");
+               mothurOut("The correction parameter allows you to put more emphasis on the distance between highly similar sequences and less emphasis on the differences between remote homologs.\n");
                mothurOut("The processors parameter allows you to specify how many processors you would like to use.  The default is 1. \n");
-               mothurOut("The method parameter allows you to specify the method for finding chimeric sequences.  The default is pintail. Options include..... \n");
-               mothurOut("The mask parameter allows you to specify a file containing one sequence you wish to use as a mask for the pintail.  The default is no mask.  If you enter mask=default, then the mask is 236627 EU009184.1 Shigella dysenteriae str. FBD013. \n");
-               mothurOut("The window parameter allows you to specify the window size for searching for chimeras.  The default is 300 is method is pintail unless the sequence length is less than 300, and 1/4 sequence length for bellerphon.\n");
-               mothurOut("The increment parameter allows you to specify how far you move each window while finding chimeric sequences.  The default is 25.\n");
-               mothurOut("The template parameter allows you to enter a template file containing known non-chimeric sequences for use by the pintail algorythm. It is a required parameter if using pintail.\n");
-               mothurOut("The conservation parameter allows you to enter a frequency file containing the highest bases frequency at each place in the alignment for use by the pintail algorythm. It is not required, but will speed up the pintail method.\n");
-               mothurOut("The quantile parameter allows you to enter a file containing quantiles for a template files sequences for use by the pintail algorythm. It is not required, but will speed up the pintail method.\n");
-               mothurOut("If you have run chimera.seqs using pintail a .quan and .freq file will be created if you have not provided them for use in future command executions.");
+               mothurOut("The method parameter allows you to specify the method for finding chimeric sequences.  The default is pintail. Options include bellerophon, ccode and chimeracheck \n");
+               mothurOut("The mask parameter allows you to specify a file containing one sequence you wish to use as a mask for the your sequences. \n");
+               mothurOut("The window parameter allows you to specify the window size for searching for chimeras. \n");
+               mothurOut("The increment parameter allows you to specify how far you move each window while finding chimeric sequences.\n");
+               mothurOut("The template parameter allows you to enter a template file containing known non-chimeric sequences. \n");
+               mothurOut("The conservation parameter allows you to enter a frequency file containing the highest bases frequency at each place in the alignment.\n");
+               mothurOut("The quantile parameter allows you to enter a file containing quantiles for a template files sequences.\n");
+               mothurOut("The numwanted parameter allows you to specify how many sequences you would each query sequence compared with.\n");
+               mothurOut("The ksize parameter allows you to input kmersize. \n");
+               mothurOut("The svg parameter allows you to specify whether or not you would like a svg file outputted for each query sequence.\n");
+               mothurOut("The name parameter allows you to enter a file containing names of sequences you would like .svg files for.\n");
+               mothurOut("The iters parameter allows you to specify the number of bootstrap iters to do with the chimeraslayer method.\n");
+               mothurOut("The minsim parameter allows you .... \n");
+               mothurOut("The mincov parameter allows you to specify minimum coverage by closest matches found in template. Default is 70, meaning 70%. \n");
+               mothurOut("The minbs parameter allows you to specify minimum bootstrap support for calling a sequence chimeric. Default is 90, meaning 90%. \n");
+               mothurOut("The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 10) \n");
+               mothurOut("NOT ALL PARAMETERS ARE USED BY ALL METHODS. Please look below for method specifics.\n\n");
+               mothurOut("Details for each method: \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\tpintail: \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, filter=F, mask=no mask, processors=1, window=300, increment=25, conservation=not required, but will improve speed, quantile=not required, but will greatly improve speed. \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\t\tIf you have run chimera.seqs using pintail a .quan and .freq file will be created for your template, if you have not provided them for use in future command executions.\n");
+               mothurOut("\tbellerophon: \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, filter=F, processors=1, window=1/4 length of seq, increment=25, correction=T. \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\tccode: \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, filter=F, mask=no mask, processors=1, window=10% of length, numwanted=20\n"); 
+               mothurOut("\tchimeracheck: \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, processors=1, increment=10, ksize=7, svg=F, name=none\n\n"); 
+               mothurOut("\tchimeraslayer: \n"); 
+               mothurOut("\t\tparameters: fasta=required, template=required, processors=1, increment=10, mask=no mask, numwanted=10, match=5, mismatch=-4, divergence=1.0, minsim=90, parents=5, iters=1000, window=100. \n\n"); 
                mothurOut("The chimera.seqs command should be in the following format: \n");
                mothurOut("chimera.seqs(fasta=yourFastaFile, filter=yourFilter, correction=yourCorrection, processors=yourProcessors, method=bellerophon) \n");
-               mothurOut("Example: chimera.seqs(fasta=AD.align, filter=True, correction=true, processors=2, method=yourMethod) \n");
+               mothurOut("Example: chimera.seqs(fasta=AD.align, filter=True, correction=true, method=bellerophon, window=200) \n");
                mothurOut("Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFastaFile).\n\n");        
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -143,23 +269,20 @@ int ChimeraSeqsCommand::execute(){
                
                if (abort == true) { return 0; }
                
-               if (method == "bellerophon")                    {               chimera = new Bellerophon(fastafile);                                           }
-               else if (method == "pintail")                   {               chimera = new Pintail(fastafile, templatefile);                         }
-               else if (method == "ccode")                             {               chimera = new Ccode(fastafile, templatefile);                           }
-               else if (method == "chimeracheck")              {               chimera = new ChimeraCheckRDP(fastafile, templatefile);         }
+               int start = time(NULL); 
+               
+               if (method == "bellerophon")                    {               chimera = new Bellerophon(fastafile, outputDir);                        }
+               else if (method == "pintail")                   {               chimera = new Pintail(fastafile, outputDir);                            }
+               else if (method == "ccode")                             {               chimera = new Ccode(fastafile, outputDir);                                      }
+               else if (method == "chimeracheck")              {               chimera = new ChimeraCheckRDP(fastafile, outputDir);            }
+               else if (method == "chimeraslayer")             {               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer("blast");                                           }
                else { mothurOut("Not a valid method."); mothurOutEndLine(); return 0;          }
                
                //set user options
                if (maskfile == "default") { mothurOut("I am using the default 236627 EU009184.1 Shigella dysenteriae str. FBD013."); mothurOutEndLine();  }
                
-               //saves time to avoid generating it
-               if (consfile != "")                     {               chimera->setCons(consfile);                                             }
-               else                                            {               chimera->setCons("");                                                   }
-               
-               //saves time to avoid generating it
-               if (quanfile != "")                     {               chimera->setQuantiles(quanfile);                                }
-               else                                            {               chimera->setQuantiles("");                                              }
-               
+               chimera->setCons(consfile);     
+               chimera->setQuantiles(quanfile);                                
                chimera->setMask(maskfile);
                chimera->setFilter(filter);
                chimera->setCorrection(correction);
@@ -168,20 +291,133 @@ int ChimeraSeqsCommand::execute(){
                chimera->setIncrement(increment);
                chimera->setNumWanted(numwanted);
                chimera->setKmerSize(ksize);
+               chimera->setSVG(svg);
+               chimera->setName(namefile);
+               chimera->setMatch(match);
+               chimera->setMisMatch(mismatch);
+               chimera->setDivR(divR);
+               chimera->setParents(parents);
+               chimera->setMinSim(minSimilarity);
+               chimera->setMinCoverage(minCoverage);
+               chimera->setMinBS(minBS);
+               chimera->setMinSNP(minSNP);
+               chimera->setIters(iters);
+               chimera->setTemplateFile(templatefile);
+
+               
+               
+               vector<Sequence*> templateSeqs;
+               if ((method != "bellerophon") && (method != "chimeracheck")) {   
+                       templateSeqs = chimera->readSeqs(templatefile);   
+                       if (chimera->getUnaligned()) { 
+                               mothurOut("Your sequences need to be aligned when you use the chimeraslayer method."); mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                               //free memory
+                               for (int i = 0; i < templateSeqs.size(); i++)           {  delete templateSeqs[i];              }
+                               return 0; 
+                       }
+                       
+                       //set options
+                       chimera->setTemplateSeqs(templateSeqs);
+
+               }else if (method == "bellerophon") {//run bellerophon separately since you need to read entire fastafile to run it
+                       chimera->getChimeras();
+                       
+                       string outputFName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras";
+                       ofstream out;
+                       openOutputFile(outputFName, out);
+                       
+                       chimera->print(out);
+                       out.close();
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               
+               //some methods need to do prep work before processing the chimeras
+               chimera->doPrep(); 
+               
+               ofstream outHeader;
+               string tempHeader = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras.tempHeader";
+               openOutputFile(tempHeader, outHeader);
+               
+               chimera->printHeader(outHeader);
+               outHeader.close();
+               
+               string outputFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras";
+
+               //break up file
+               #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                       if(processors == 1){
+                               ifstream inFASTA;
+                               openInputFile(fastafile, inFASTA);
+                               numSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
+                               inFASTA.close();
+                               
+                               lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numSeqs));
+                               
+                               driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastafile);
+                               
+                       }else{
+                               vector<int> positions;
+                               processIDS.resize(0);
+                               
+                               ifstream inFASTA;
+                               openInputFile(fastafile, inFASTA);
+                               
+                               string input;
+                               while(!inFASTA.eof()){
+                                       input = getline(inFASTA);
+                                       if (input.length() != 0) {
+                                               if(input[0] == '>'){    long int pos = inFASTA.tellg(); positions.push_back(pos - input.length() - 1);  }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               inFASTA.close();
+                               
+                               numSeqs = positions.size();
                                
-               //find chimeras
-               chimera->getChimeras();
+                               int numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
+                               
+                               for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
+                                       long int startPos = positions[ i * numSeqsPerProcessor ];
+                                       if(i == processors - 1){
+                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       }
+                                       lines.push_back(new linePair(startPos, numSeqsPerProcessor));
+                               }
+                               
+                               
+                               createProcesses(outputFileName, fastafile); 
+                               
+                               rename((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
+                                                               
+                               //append alignment and report files
+                               for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
+                                       appendOutputFiles((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), outputFileName);
+                                       remove((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                               }
+                       }
+
+               #else
+                       ifstream inFASTA;
+                       openInputFile(candidateFileNames[s], inFASTA);
+                       numSeqs=count(istreambuf_iterator<char>(inFASTA),istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '>');
+                       inFASTA.close();
+                       lines.push_back(new linePair(0, numSeqs));
+                       
+                       driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastafile);
+               #endif
                
-               string outputFileName = getRootName(fastafile) + method + maskfile + ".chimeras";
-               ofstream out;
-               openOutputFile(outputFileName, out);
+               //mothurOut("Output File Names: ");
+               //if ((filter) && (method == "bellerophon")) { mothurOut(
+               //if (outputDir == "") { fastafile = getRootName(fastafile) + "filter.fasta"; }
+               //      else                             { fastafile = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + "filter.fasta"; }
                
-               //print results
-               chimera->print(out);
+               appendOutputFiles(tempHeader, outputFileName);
+               remove(tempHeader.c_str());
+
+               for (int i = 0; i < templateSeqs.size(); i++)           {   delete templateSeqs[i];     }
                
-               out.close();
+               if (method == "chimeracheck") { mothurOutEndLine(); mothurOut("This method does not determine if a sequence is chimeric, but allows you to make that determination based on the IS values."); mothurOutEndLine();  }
                
-               delete chimera;
+               mothurOutEndLine(); mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to check " + toString(numSeqs) + " sequences.");       mothurOutEndLine();
                
                return 0;
                
@@ -190,6 +426,107 @@ int ChimeraSeqsCommand::execute(){
                errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "execute");
                exit(1);
        }
+}//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+int ChimeraSeqsCommand::driver(linePair* line, string outputFName, string filename){
+       try {
+               ofstream out;
+               openOutputFile(outputFName, out);
+               
+               ifstream inFASTA;
+               openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+
+               inFASTA.seekg(line->start);
+               
+               for(int i=0;i<line->numSeqs;i++){
+               
+                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  gobble(inFASTA);
+                               
+                       if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
+                                       
+                               //find chimeras
+                               chimera->getChimeras(candidateSeq);
+               
+                               //print results
+                               chimera->print(out);
+                       }
+                       delete candidateSeq;
+                       
+                       //report progress
+                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(i+1)); mothurOutEndLine();         }
+               }
+               //report progress
+               if((line->numSeqs) % 100 != 0){ mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(line->numSeqs)); mothurOutEndLine();               }
+               
+               out.close();
+               inFASTA.close();
+                               
+               return 1;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "driver");
+               exit(1);
+       }
 }
+
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 
+void ChimeraSeqsCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename) {
+       try {
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+               int process = 0;
+               //              processIDS.resize(0);
+               
+               //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){
+                               driver(lines[process], outputFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename);
+                               exit(0);
+                       }else { mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }
+               }
+               
+               //force parent to wait until all the processes are done
+               for (int i=0;i<processors;i++) { 
+                       int temp = processIDS[i];
+                       wait(&temp);
+               }
+#endif         
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "createProcesses");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+
+void ChimeraSeqsCommand::appendOutputFiles(string temp, string filename) {
+       try{
+               
+               ofstream output;
+               ifstream input;
+               
+               openOutputFileAppend(temp, output);
+               openInputFile(filename, input);
+               
+               while(char c = input.get()){
+                       if(input.eof())         {       break;                  }
+                       else                            {       output << c;    }
+               }
+               
+               input.close();
+               output.close();
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               errorOut(e, "ChimeraSeqsCommand", "appendOuputFiles");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+