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[mothur.git] / chimeraslayercommand.cpp
index 2e897988a6d5538dbf7ef4e0ebd26564aa174fd8..0732bc20c3bf534c249a0193409dbf72d874aa0f 100644 (file)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "chimeraslayercommand.h"
-#include "chimeraslayer.h"
 #include "deconvolutecommand.h"
+#include "referencedb.h"
 
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 vector<string> ChimeraSlayerCommand::setParameters(){  
@@ -23,22 +23,23 @@ vector<string> ChimeraSlayerCommand::setParameters(){
                CommandParameter pmismatch("mismatch", "Number", "", "-4.0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmismatch);
                CommandParameter pminsim("minsim", "Number", "", "90", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminsim);
                CommandParameter pmincov("mincov", "Number", "", "70", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmincov);
-               CommandParameter pminsnp("minsnp", "Number", "", "100", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminsnp);
+               CommandParameter pminsnp("minsnp", "Number", "", "10", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminsnp);
                CommandParameter pminbs("minbs", "Number", "", "90", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminbs);
-               CommandParameter psearch("search", "Multiple", "kmer-blast-distance", "distance", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psearch);
-               CommandParameter pinclude("include", "Multiple", "greater-greaterequal-all", "greater", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinclude);
+               CommandParameter psearch("search", "Multiple", "kmer-blast", "blast", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psearch);
                CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
-               CommandParameter prealign("realign", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(prealign);
+               CommandParameter prealign("realign", "Boolean", "", "T", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(prealign);
                CommandParameter ptrim("trim", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(ptrim);
                CommandParameter psplit("split", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psplit);
                CommandParameter pnumwanted("numwanted", "Number", "", "15", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pnumwanted);
-               CommandParameter piters("iters", "Number", "", "100", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(piters);
+               CommandParameter piters("iters", "Number", "", "1000", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(piters);
                CommandParameter pdivergence("divergence", "Number", "", "1.007", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pdivergence);
                CommandParameter pparents("parents", "Number", "", "3", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pparents);
                CommandParameter pincrement("increment", "Number", "", "5", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pincrement);
+               CommandParameter pblastlocation("blastlocation", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pblastlocation);
                CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
                CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
-               
+               CommandParameter psave("save", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psave);
+
                vector<string> myArray;
                for (int i = 0; i < parameters.size(); i++) {   myArray.push_back(parameters[i].name);          }
                return myArray;
@@ -54,12 +55,11 @@ string ChimeraSlayerCommand::getHelpString(){
                string helpString = "";
                helpString += "The chimera.slayer command reads a fastafile and referencefile and outputs potentially chimeric sequences.\n";
                helpString += "This command was modeled after the chimeraSlayer written by the Broad Institute.\n";
-               helpString += "The chimera.slayer command parameters are fasta, name, template, processors, trim, ksize, window, match, mismatch, divergence. minsim, mincov, minbs, minsnp, parents, search, iters, increment and numwanted.\n"; //realign,
+               helpString += "The chimera.slayer command parameters are fasta, name, template, processors, trim, ksize, window, match, mismatch, divergence. minsim, mincov, minbs, minsnp, parents, search, iters, increment, numwanted, blastlocation and realign.\n";
                helpString += "The fasta parameter allows you to enter the fasta file containing your potentially chimeric sequences, and is required, unless you have a valid current fasta file. \n";
-               helpString += "The name parameter allows you to provide a name file, if you are using template=self. \n";
+               helpString += "The name parameter allows you to provide a name file, if you are using reference=self. \n";
                helpString += "You may enter multiple fasta files by separating their names with dashes. ie. fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amazon.fasta \n";
                helpString += "The reference parameter allows you to enter a reference file containing known non-chimeric sequences, and is required. You may also set template=self, in this case the abundant sequences will be used as potential parents. \n";
-               helpString += "The include parameter is used when template=self and allows you to choose which sequences will make up the \"template\". Options are greater, greaterequal and all, default=greater, meaning sequences with greater abundance than the query sequence. \n";
                helpString += "The processors parameter allows you to specify how many processors you would like to use.  The default is 1. \n";
 #ifdef USE_MPI
                helpString += "When using MPI, the processors parameter is set to the number of MPI processes running. \n";
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ string ChimeraSlayerCommand::getHelpString(){
                helpString += "The parents parameter allows you to select the number of potential parents to investigate from the numwanted best matches after rating them, default is 3. \n";
                helpString += "The mismatch parameter allows you to penalize mismatched bases in blast search, default is -4. \n";
                helpString += "The divergence parameter allows you to set a cutoff for chimera determination, default is 1.007. \n";
-               helpString += "The iters parameter allows you to specify the number of bootstrap iters to do with the chimeraslayer method, default=100.\n";
+               helpString += "The iters parameter allows you to specify the number of bootstrap iters to do with the chimeraslayer method, default=1000.\n";
                helpString += "The minsim parameter allows you to specify a minimum similarity with the parent fragments, default=90. \n";
                helpString += "The mincov parameter allows you to specify minimum coverage by closest matches found in template. Default is 70, meaning 70%. \n";
                helpString += "The minbs parameter allows you to specify minimum bootstrap support for calling a sequence chimeric. Default is 90, meaning 90%. \n";
-               helpString += "The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 100) \n";
-               helpString += "The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are distance, blast, and kmer, default distance. \n";
-               helpString += "The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default false.  \n";
+               helpString += "The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 10) \n";
+               helpString += "The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are blast, and kmer, default blast. \n";
+               helpString += "The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default true.  \n";
+               helpString += "The blastlocation parameter allows you to specify the location of your blast executable. By default mothur will look in ./blast/bin relative to mothur's executable.  \n";
+               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 chimera.slayer command should be in the following format: \n";
                helpString += "chimera.slayer(fasta=yourFastaFile, reference=yourTemplate, search=yourSearch) \n";
                helpString += "Example: chimera.slayer(fasta=AD.align, reference=core_set_aligned.imputed.fasta, search=kmer) \n";
@@ -111,9 +113,11 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(){
 ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(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();
@@ -150,47 +154,65 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                                
                                //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
                                for (int i = 0; i < fastaFileNames.size(); i++) {
-                                       if (inputDir != "") {
-                                               string path = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[i]);
-                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
-                                               if (path == "") {       fastaFileNames[i] = inputDir + fastaFileNames[i];               }
-                                       }
-       
-                                       int ableToOpen;
-                                       ifstream in;
                                        
-                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(fastaFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
-                               
-                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       bool ignore = false;
+                                       if (fastaFileNames[i] == "current") { 
+                                               fastaFileNames[i] = m->getFastaFile(); 
+                                               if (fastaFileNames[i] != "") {  m->mothurOut("Using " + fastaFileNames[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
+                                                       fastaFileNames.erase(fastaFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
                                                }
                                        }
                                        
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       if (!ignore) {
+                                               
+                                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                                       string path = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                                       if (path == "") {       fastaFileNames[i] = inputDir + fastaFileNames[i];               }
                                                }
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       in.close();
+               
+                                               int ableToOpen;
+                                               ifstream in;
+                                               
+                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(fastaFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
                                        
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                                               //erase from file list
-                                               fastaFileNames.erase(fastaFileNames.begin()+i);
-                                               i--;
+                                               //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(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               fastaFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               in.close();
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + fastaFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       fastaFileNames.erase(fastaFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
+                                               }else {
+                                                       m->setFastaFile(fastaFileNames[i]);
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }
                                
@@ -208,47 +230,65 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                                
                                //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
                                for (int i = 0; i < nameFileNames.size(); i++) {
-                                       if (inputDir != "") {
-                                               string path = m->hasPath(nameFileNames[i]);
-                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
-                                               if (path == "") {       nameFileNames[i] = inputDir + nameFileNames[i];         }
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       int ableToOpen;
-                                       ifstream in;
                                        
-                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(nameFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
-                                       
-                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       bool ignore = false;
+                                       if (nameFileNames[i] == "current") { 
+                                               nameFileNames[i] = m->getNameFile(); 
+                                               if (nameFileNames[i] != "") {  m->mothurOut("Using " + nameFileNames[i] + " as input file for the name parameter where you had given current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                               else {  
+                                                       m->mothurOut("You have no current namefile, ignoring current."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); ignore=true; 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       nameFileNames.erase(nameFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
                                                }
                                        }
                                        
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
-                                               if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
-                                                       string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
-                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                                                       ifstream in2;
-                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
-                                                       in2.close();
-                                                       nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                       if (!ignore) {
+                                               
+                                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                                       string path = m->hasPath(nameFileNames[i]);
+                                                       //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                                       if (path == "") {       nameFileNames[i] = inputDir + nameFileNames[i];         }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               int ableToOpen;
+                                               ifstream in;
+                                               
+                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(nameFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
+                                               
+                                               //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                                       if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                               string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(nameFileNames[i]);
+                                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                               ifstream in2;
+                                                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                               in2.close();
+                                                               nameFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               
+                                               in.close();
+                                               
+                                               if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                                       //erase from file list
+                                                       nameFileNames.erase(nameFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                                       i--;
+                                               }else {
+                                                       m->setNameFile(nameFileNames[i]);
                                                }
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       in.close();
-                                       
-                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + nameFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                                               //erase from file list
-                                               nameFileNames.erase(nameFileNames.begin()+i);
-                                               i--;
                                        }
                                }
                                
@@ -261,12 +301,29 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        //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 = ""; }
                        
+                       string temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = m->getProcessors();      }
+                       m->setProcessors(temp);
+                       convert(temp, processors);
+                       
+                       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();     
+                       }
                        
                        string path;
                        it = parameters.find("reference");
                        //user has given a template file
                        if(it != parameters.end()){ 
-                               if (it->second == "self") { templatefile = "self"; }
+                               if (it->second == "self") { 
+                                       templatefile = "self"; 
+                                       if (save) {
+                                               m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: You can't save reference=self, ignoring save."); 
+                                               m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                               save = false;
+                                       }
+                               }
                                else {
                                        path = m->hasPath(it->second);
                                        //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
@@ -274,16 +331,34 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                                        
                                        templatefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "reference", true);
                                        if (templatefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
-                                       else if (templatefile == "not found") { templatefile = "";  m->mothurOut("reference is a required parameter for the chimera.slayer command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }  
+                                       else if (templatefile == "not found") { //check for saved reference sequences
+                                               if (rdb->referenceSeqs.size() != 0) {
+                                                       templatefile = "saved";
+                                               }else {
+                                                       m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: You don't have any saved reference sequences and the reference parameter is a required."); 
+                                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       abort = true; 
+                                               }
+                                       }else { if (save) {     rdb->setSavedReference(templatefile);   }       }       
                                }
+                       }else if (hasName) {  templatefile = "self"; 
+                               if (save) {
+                                       m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: You can't save reference=self, ignoring save."); 
+                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       save = false;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       else { 
+                               if (rdb->referenceSeqs.size() != 0) {
+                                       templatefile = "saved";
+                               }else {
+                                       m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: You don't have any saved reference sequences and the reference parameter is a required."); 
+                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       templatefile = ""; abort = true; 
+                               } 
                        }
                        
-                       string temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);        if (temp == "not found"){       temp = m->getProcessors();      }
-                       m->setProcessors(temp);
-                       convert(temp, processors);
                        
-                       includeAbunds = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "include", false);         if (includeAbunds == "not found") { includeAbunds = "greater"; }
-                       if ((includeAbunds != "greater") && (includeAbunds != "greaterequal") && (includeAbunds != "all")) { includeAbunds = "greater"; m->mothurOut("Invalid include setting. options are greater, greaterequal or all. using greater."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ksize", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "7"; }
                        convert(temp, ksize);
@@ -309,13 +384,13 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        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 = "100"; }
+                       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, "realign", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "realign", false);                  if (temp == "not found") { temp = "t"; }
                        realign = m->isTrue(temp); 
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "trim", false);                             if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
@@ -324,9 +399,9 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "split", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "f"; }
                        trimera = m->isTrue(temp); 
                        
-                       search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);                 if (search == "not found") { search = "distance"; }
+                       search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);                 if (search == "not found") { search = "blast"; }
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "100"; }              
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "iters", false);                    if (temp == "not found") { temp = "1000"; }             
                        convert(temp, iters); 
                         
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "increment", false);                if (temp == "not found") { temp = "5"; }
@@ -334,8 +409,47 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "numwanted", false);                if (temp == "not found") { temp = "15"; }               
                        convert(temp, numwanted);
+                       
+                       blastlocation = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "blastlocation", false);   
+                       if (blastlocation == "not found") { blastlocation = ""; }
+                       else {
+                               //add / to name if needed
+                               string lastChar = blastlocation.substr(blastlocation.length()-1);
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               if (lastChar != "/") { blastlocation += "/"; }
+#else
+                               if (lastChar != "\\") { blastlocation += "\\"; }        
+#endif
+                               blastlocation = m->getFullPathName(blastlocation);
+                               string formatdbCommand = "";
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               formatdbCommand = blastlocation + "formatdb";   
+#else
+                               formatdbCommand = blastlocation + "formatdb.exe";
+#endif
+                               
+                               //test to make sure formatdb exists
+                               ifstream in;
+                               formatdbCommand = m->getFullPathName(formatdbCommand);
+                               int ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(formatdbCommand, in, "no error"); in.close();
+                               if(ableToOpen == 1) {   m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + formatdbCommand + " file does not exist. mothur requires formatdb.exe to run chimera.slayer."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+                               
+                               string blastCommand = "";
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               blastCommand = blastlocation + "megablast";     
+#else
+                               blastCommand = blastlocation + "megablast.exe";
+#endif
+                               //test to make sure formatdb exists
+                               ifstream in2;
+                               blastCommand = m->getFullPathName(blastCommand);
+                               ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(blastCommand, in2, "no error"); in2.close();
+                               if(ableToOpen == 1) {   m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + blastCommand + " file does not exist. mothur requires blastall.exe to run chimera.slayer."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+                       }
 
-                       if ((search != "distance") && (search != "blast") && (search != "kmer")) { m->mothurOut(search + " is not a valid search."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
+                       if ((search != "blast") && (search != "kmer")) { m->mothurOut(search + " is not a valid search."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
+                       
+                       if (hasName && (templatefile != "self")) { m->mothurOut("You have provided a namefile and the reference parameter is not set to self. I am not sure what reference you are trying to use, aborting."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort=true; }
                }
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -347,29 +461,27 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
 
 int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
        try{
-               
                if (abort == true) { if (calledHelp) { return 0; }  return 2;   }
-               
+                       
                for (int s = 0; s < fastaFileNames.size(); s++) {
                                
                        m->mothurOut("Checking sequences from " + fastaFileNames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                
                        int start = time(NULL); 
                        
-                       if (templatefile != "self") { //you want to run slayer with a refernce template
-                               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);     
-                       }else {
+                       if (templatefile == "self") { 
+                               if (processors != 1) { m->mothurOut("When using template=self, mothur can only use 1 processor, continuing."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); processors = 1; }
+                               string nameFile = "";
                                if (nameFileNames.size() != 0) { //you provided a namefile and we don't need to create one
-                                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, nameFileNames[s], search, includeAbunds, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);    
+                                       nameFile = nameFileNames[s];
                                }else {
-                                       
                                        m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOut("No namesfile given, running unique.seqs command to generate one."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                        
                                        //use unique.seqs to create new name and fastafile
                                        string inputString = "fasta=" + fastaFileNames[s];
                                        m->mothurOut("/******************************************/"); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
                                        m->mothurOut("Running command: unique.seqs(" + inputString + ")"); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                                                                
+                                       
                                        Command* uniqueCommand = new DeconvoluteCommand(inputString);
                                        uniqueCommand->execute();
                                        
@@ -379,19 +491,32 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                                        
                                        m->mothurOut("/******************************************/"); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
                                        
-                                       string nameFile = filenames["name"][0];
+                                       nameFile = filenames["name"][0];
                                        fastaFileNames[s] = filenames["fasta"][0];
-                       
-                                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, nameFile, search, includeAbunds, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);    
                                }
-                       }
                                
+                               //sort fastafile by abundance, returns new sorted fastafile name
+                               m->mothurOut("Sorting fastafile according to abundance..."); cout.flush(); 
+                               priority = sortFastaFile(fastaFileNames[s], nameFile);
+                               m->mothurOut("Done."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {       m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        }  return 0;    }
+                       }
+                       
                        if (outputDir == "") { outputDir = m->hasPath(fastaFileNames[s]);  }//if user entered a file with a path then preserve it                               
                        string outputFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[s])) + "slayer.chimera";
                        string accnosFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[s]))  + "slayer.accnos";
                        string trimFastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[s]))  + "slayer.fasta";
                        
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { delete chimera; for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {        remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  return 0;    }
+                       //create chimera here if you are mac or linux because fork will copy for you. Create in create processes instead if you are windows.
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                       if (templatefile != "self") { //you want to run slayer with a reference template
+                               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign, blastlocation, rand());      
+                       }else {
+                               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, priority, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign, blastlocation, rand());    
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { delete chimera; for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {        m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        }  return 0;    }
                        
                        if (chimera->getUnaligned()) { 
                                m->mothurOut("Your template sequences are different lengths, please correct."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
@@ -399,6 +524,24 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                                return 0; 
                        }
                        templateSeqsLength = chimera->getLength();
+                       #else
+                       if (processors == 1) {
+                               if (templatefile != "self") { //you want to run slayer with a reference template
+                                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign, blastlocation, rand());      
+                               }else {
+                                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, trim, priority, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign, blastlocation, rand());    
+                               }
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { delete chimera; for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {        m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        }  return 0;    }
+                               
+                               if (chimera->getUnaligned()) { 
+                                       m->mothurOut("Your template sequences are different lengths, please correct."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                       delete chimera;
+                                       return 0; 
+                               }
+                               templateSeqsLength = chimera->getLength();
+                       }
+                       #endif
                        
                #ifdef USE_MPI  
                        int pid, numSeqsPerProcessor; 
@@ -434,7 +577,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                                MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAccnosFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAccnos);
                                if (trim) { MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outFastaFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIFasta); }
 
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) {  MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta);  } MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }   delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) {  MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta);  } MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        }   delete chimera; return 0;  }
                        
                                if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process 
                                        m->mothurOutEndLine();
@@ -453,36 +596,58 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
 
                                        MPIPos = m->setFilePosFasta(fastaFileNames[s], numSeqs); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs
                                        
-                                       //send file positions to all processes
-                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
-                                               MPI_Send(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-                                               MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                       if (templatefile != "self") { //if template=self we can only use 1 processor
+                                               //send file positions to all processes
+                                               for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                                       MPI_Send(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                                       MPI_Send(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+                                               }
                                        }
-                                       
                                        //figure out how many sequences you have to align
                                        numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
                                        int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
                                        if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
-                               
+                                       
+                                       if (templatefile == "self") { //if template=self we can only use 1 processor
+                                               startIndex = 0;
+                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs;
+                                       }
+                                       
                                        //do your part
                                        driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, outMPIFasta, MPIPos);
                                        
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  remove(outputFileName.c_str());  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                                       int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                                       int temp;
+                                       for(int i = 1; i < processors; i++) { 
+                                               MPI_Recv(&temp, 1, MPI_INT, 1, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                               numNoParents += temp;
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       
+                                       if (numSeqs == numNoParents) {  m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        }  m->mothurRemove(outputFileName);  m->mothurRemove(accnosFileName);  delete chimera; return 0;  }
 
                                }else{ //you are a child process
-                                       MPI_Recv(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
-                                       MPIPos.resize(numSeqs+1);
-                                       MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                       if (templatefile != "self") { //if template=self we can only use 1 processor
+                                               MPI_Recv(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+                                               MPIPos.resize(numSeqs+1);
+                                               MPI_Recv(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
                                        
-                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
-                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
-                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
-                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
+                                               //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
+                                               int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                               if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
                                        
-                                       //do your part
-                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, outMPIFasta, MPIPos);
+                                               //do your part
+                                               driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, outMPIFasta, MPIPos);
+                                               
+                                               int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                                               MPI_Send(&numNoParents, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
                                        
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                                               if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear();  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI); if (trim) { MPI_File_close(&outMPIFasta); }  MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        }  delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                               
+                                       }
                                }
                                
                                //close files 
@@ -493,72 +658,67 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                                MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); //make everyone wait - just in case
                                
                #else
-                       ofstream outHeader;
-                       string tempHeader = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[s])) + "slayer.chimeras.tempHeader";
-                       m->openOutputFile(tempHeader, outHeader);
-                       
-                       chimera->printHeader(outHeader);
-                       outHeader.close();
+                       //break up file
+                       vector<unsigned long int> positions; 
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                       positions = m->divideFile(fastaFileNames[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(fastaFileNames[s], numSeqs); 
+                               
+                               //figure out how many sequences you have to process
+                               int numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
+                               for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
+                                       int startIndex =  i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(i == (processors - 1)){      numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;        }
+                                       lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[startIndex], numSeqsPerProcessor));
+                               }
+                       }
+#endif
                        
-                       vector<unsigned long int> positions = m->divideFile(fastaFileNames[s], processors);
+                       if(processors == 1){
+                               numSeqs = driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName);
                                
-                       for (int i = 0; i < (positions.size()-1); i++) {
-                               lines.push_back(new linePair(positions[i], positions[(i+1)]));
-                       }       
-
-                       //break up file
-                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-                               if(processors == 1){
-                                       numSeqs = driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName);
-                                       
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { remove(trimFastaFileName.c_str()); } remove(outputFileName.c_str()); remove(tempHeader.c_str()); remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {      remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
-                                       
-                               }else{
-                                       processIDS.resize(0);
-                                       
-                                       numSeqs = createProcesses(outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName); 
+                               int numNoParents = chimera->getNumNoParents();
+                               if (numNoParents == numSeqs) { m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
                                
-                                       rename((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
-                                       rename((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), accnosFileName.c_str());
-                                       if (trim) {  rename((trimFastaFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), trimFastaFileName.c_str()); }
-                                               
-                                       //append output files
-                                       for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
-                                               m->appendFiles((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), outputFileName);
-                                               remove((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                                       }
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { m->mothurRemove(trimFastaFileName); } m->mothurRemove(outputFileName);  m->mothurRemove(accnosFileName); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {      m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
+                               
+                       }else{
+                               processIDS.resize(0);
+                               
+                               numSeqs = createProcesses(outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName); 
+                       
+                               rename((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
+                               rename((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), accnosFileName.c_str());
+                               if (trim) {  rename((trimFastaFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), trimFastaFileName.c_str()); }
                                        
-                                       //append output files
-                                       for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
-                                               m->appendFiles((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), accnosFileName);
-                                               remove((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                                       }
+                               //append output files
+                               for(int i=1;i<processIDS.size();i++){
+                                       m->appendFiles((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), outputFileName);
+                                       m->mothurRemove((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
+                                       
+                                       m->appendFiles((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), accnosFileName);
+                                       m->mothurRemove((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
                                        
                                        if (trim) {
-                                               for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
-                                                       m->appendFiles((trimFastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimFastaFileName);
-                                                       remove((trimFastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                                               }
+                                               m->appendFiles((trimFastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimFastaFileName);
+                                               m->mothurRemove((trimFastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
                                        }
-                                       
-                                       if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { remove(trimFastaFileName.c_str()); } remove(outputFileName.c_str()); remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {  remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
                                }
-
-                       #else
-                               numSeqs = driver(lines[0], outputFileName, fastaFileNames[s], accnosFileName, trimFastaFileName);
-                               
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { remove(trimFastaFileName.c_str()); } remove(outputFileName.c_str()); remove(tempHeader.c_str()); remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {      remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
                                
-                       #endif
-                       
-                       m->appendFiles(outputFileName, tempHeader);
-               
-                       remove(outputFileName.c_str());
-                       rename(tempHeader.c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { outputTypes.clear(); if (trim) { m->mothurRemove(trimFastaFileName); } m->mothurRemove(outputFileName); m->mothurRemove(accnosFileName); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {       m->mothurRemove(outputNames[j]);        } for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear(); delete chimera; return 0; }
+                       }
+
                        
                #endif
-                       delete chimera;
                        
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                       delete chimera;
+                       #endif
                        
                        for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
                        
@@ -613,6 +773,8 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                m->openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
 
                inFASTA.seekg(filePos->start);
+               
+               if (filePos->start == 0) { chimera->printHeader(out); }
 
                bool done = false;
                int count = 0;
@@ -623,9 +785,8 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                
                        Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  m->gobble(inFASTA);
                        string candidateAligned = candidateSeq->getAligned();
-                               
+                       
                        if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
-                               
                                if (candidateSeq->getAligned().length() != templateSeqsLength) {  
                                        m->mothurOut(candidateSeq->getName() + " is not the same length as the template sequences. Skipping."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                }else{
@@ -671,22 +832,21 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                                                data_results rightResults = chimera->getResults();
                                                
                                                //if either piece is chimeric then report
-                                               Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2, leftResults, rightResults);
-                                               if (trim) { trimmed->printSequence(out3); delete trimmed; }
+                                               Sequence trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2, leftResults, rightResults);
+                                               if (trim) { trimmed.printSequence(out3);  }
                                                
                                                delete left; delete right;
                                                
                                        }else { //already chimeric
                                                //print results
-                                               Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2);
-                                               if (trim) { trimmed->printSequence(out3); delete trimmed; }
+                                               Sequence trimmed = chimera->print(out, out2);
+                                               if (trim) { trimmed.printSequence(out3);  }
                                        }
                                        
                                        
                                }
                                count++;
                        }
-                       delete candidateSeq;
                        
                        #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                                unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg();
@@ -695,6 +855,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string f
                                if (inFASTA.eof()) { break; }
                        #endif
                        
+                       delete candidateSeq;
                        //report progress
                        if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();         }
                }
@@ -787,10 +948,9 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
                                                data_results rightResults = chimera->getResults();
                                                
                                                //if either piece is chimeric then report
-                                               Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI, leftResults, rightResults);
+                                               Sequence trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI, leftResults, rightResults);
                                                if (trim) {  
-                                                       string outputString = ">" + trimmed->getName() + "\n" + trimmed->getAligned() + "\n";
-                                                       delete trimmed;
+                                                       string outputString = ">" + trimmed.getName() + "\n" + trimmed.getAligned() + "\n";
                                                        
                                                        //write to accnos file
                                                        int length = outputString.length();
@@ -805,11 +965,10 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
                                                
                                        }else { 
                                                //print results
-                                               Sequence* trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI);
+                                               Sequence trimmed = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI);
                                                
                                                if (trim) {  
-                                                       string outputString = ">" + trimmed->getName() + "\n" + trimmed->getAligned() + "\n";
-                                                       delete trimmed;
+                                                       string outputString = ">" + trimmed.getName() + "\n" + trimmed.getAligned() + "\n";
                                                        
                                                        //write to accnos file
                                                        int length = outputString.length();
@@ -845,10 +1004,11 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
 
 int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename, string accnos, string fasta) {
        try {
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                int process = 0;
                int num = 0;
+               int numNoParents = 0;
                
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                //loop through and create all the processes you want
                while (process != processors) {
                        int pid = fork();
@@ -863,9 +1023,8 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
                                ofstream out;
                                string tempFile = outputFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
                                m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
-                               out << num << endl;
+                               out << num << '\t' << chimera->getNumNoParents() << endl;
                                out.close();
-                               
                                exit(0);
                        }else { 
                                m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
@@ -884,12 +1043,45 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
                        ifstream in;
                        string tempFile =  outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".num.temp";
                        m->openInputFile(tempFile, in);
-                       if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; in >> tempNum; num += tempNum; }
-                       in.close(); remove(tempFile.c_str());
+                       if (!in.eof()) { int tempNum = 0; int tempNumParents = 0; in >> tempNum >> tempNumParents; num += tempNum; numNoParents += tempNumParents; }
+                       in.close(); m->mothurRemove(tempFile);
                }
+#else
+               
+               //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               //Windows version shared memory, so be careful when passing variables through the slayerData struct. 
+               //Above fork() will clone, so memory is separate, but that's not the case with windows, 
+               //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               
+               vector<slayerData*> pDataArray; 
+               DWORD   dwThreadIdArray[processors];
+               HANDLE  hThreadArray[processors]; 
                
+               //Create processor worker threads.
+               for( int i=0; i<processors; i++ ){
+                       string extension = toString(i) + ".temp";
+                       slayerData* tempslayer = new slayerData((outputFileName + extension), (fasta + extension), (accnos + extension), filename, templatefile, search, blastlocation, trimera, trim, realign, m, lines[i]->start, lines[i]->end, ksize, match, mismatch, window, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, divR, priority, i);
+                       pDataArray.push_back(tempslayer);
+                       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, MySlayerThreadFunction, pDataArray[i], 0, &dwThreadIdArray[i]);   
+               }
+                               
+               //Wait until all threads have terminated.
+               WaitForMultipleObjects(processors, hThreadArray, TRUE, INFINITE);
+               
+               //Close all thread handles and free memory allocations.
+               for(int i=0; i < pDataArray.size(); i++){
+                       num += pDataArray[i]->count;
+                       numNoParents += pDataArray[i]->numNoParents;
+                       CloseHandle(hThreadArray[i]);
+                       delete pDataArray[i];
+               }
+#endif 
+               if (num == numNoParents) {  m->mothurOut("[WARNING]: megablast returned 0 potential parents for all your sequences. This could be due to formatdb.exe not being setup properly, please check formatdb.log for errors."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
                return num;
-#endif         
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "createProcesses");
@@ -935,6 +1127,58 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::divideInHalf(Sequence querySeq, string& leftQuery, str
                exit(1);
        }
 }
+/**************************************************************************************************/
+map<string, int> ChimeraSlayerCommand::sortFastaFile(string fastaFile, string nameFile) {
+       try {
+               map<string, int> nameAbund;
+               
+               //read through fastafile and store info
+               map<string, string> seqs;
+               ifstream in;
+               m->openInputFile(fastaFile, in);
+               
+               while (!in.eof()) {
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { in.close(); return nameAbund; }
+                       
+                       Sequence seq(in); m->gobble(in);
+                       seqs[seq.getName()] = seq.getAligned();
+               }
+               
+               in.close();
+               
+               //read namefile
+               vector<seqPriorityNode> nameMapCount;
+               int error = m->readNames(nameFile, nameMapCount, seqs);
+               
+               if (m->control_pressed) { return nameAbund; }
+               
+               if (error == 1) { m->control_pressed = true; return nameAbund; }
+               if (seqs.size() != nameMapCount.size()) { m->mothurOut( "The number of sequences in your fastafile does not match the number of sequences in your namefile, aborting."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->control_pressed = true; return nameAbund; }
+
+               sort(nameMapCount.begin(), nameMapCount.end(), compareSeqPriorityNodes);
+               
+               string newFasta = fastaFile + ".temp";
+               ofstream out;
+               m->openOutputFile(newFasta, out);
+               
+               //print new file in order of
+               for (int i = 0; i < nameMapCount.size(); i++) {
+                       out << ">" << nameMapCount[i].name << endl << nameMapCount[i].seq << endl;
+                       nameAbund[nameMapCount[i].name] = nameMapCount[i].numIdentical;
+               }
+               out.close();
+               
+               rename(newFasta.c_str(), fastaFile.c_str());
+                               
+               return nameAbund;
+               
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "sortFastaFile");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
 
 /**************************************************************************************************/