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added parse.fastaq command, added permute option to venn command, fixed bug with...
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index 58aecf58ccd10354c5aca094d20827c44fc00ff9..d2f3067a3beb153242cfd5c945156e0e11f42b9b 100644 (file)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        OptionParser parser(option);
                        map<string,string> parameters = parser.getParameters();
                        
-                       ValidParameters validParameter;
+                       ValidParameters validParameter("chimera.slayer");
                        map<string,string>::iterator it;
                        
                        //check to make sure all parameters are valid for command
@@ -42,18 +42,10 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
                        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);
+                                       path = m->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;         }
                                }
@@ -61,15 +53,49 @@ ChimeraSlayerCommand::ChimeraSlayerCommand(string option)  {
 
                        
                        //check for required parameters
-                       fastafile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", true);
-                       if (fastafile == "not open") { abort = true; }
-                       else if (fastafile == "not found") { fastafile = ""; m->mothurOut("fasta is a required parameter for the chimera.slayer command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }     
+                       fastafile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", false);
+                       if (fastafile == "not found") { fastafile = ""; m->mothurOut("fasta is a required parameter for the chimera.slayer command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
+                       else { 
+                               m->splitAtDash(fastafile, fastaFileNames);
+                               
+                               //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();
+                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in, "noerror");
+                                                       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--;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               //make sure there is at least one valid file left
+                               if (fastaFileNames.size() == 0) { m->mothurOut("no valid files."); m->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  
-                       }
+                       outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  outputDir = ""; }
 
                        templatefile = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "template", true);
                        if (templatefile == "not open") { abort = true; }
@@ -102,14 +128,14 @@ 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 = "10"; }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minsnp", false);                   if (temp == "not found") { temp = "100"; }
                        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"; }
-                       realign = isTrue(temp); 
+                       realign = m->isTrue(temp); 
                        
                        search = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "search", false);                 if (search == "not found") { search = "distance"; }
                        
@@ -139,6 +165,7 @@ void ChimeraSlayerCommand::help(){
                m->mothurOut("This command was modeled after the chimeraSlayer written by the Broad Institute.\n");
                m->mothurOut("The chimera.slayer command parameters are fasta, template, processors, ksize, window, match, mismatch, divergence. minsim, mincov, minbs, minsnp, parents, search, iters, increment and numwanted.\n"); //realign,
                m->mothurOut("The fasta parameter allows you to enter the fasta file containing your potentially chimeric sequences, and is required. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("You may enter multiple fasta files by separating their names with dashes. ie. fasta=abrecovery.fasta-amazon.fasta \n");
                m->mothurOut("The template parameter allows you to enter a template file containing known non-chimeric sequences, and is required. \n");
                m->mothurOut("The processors parameter allows you to specify how many processors you would like to use.  The default is 1. \n");
                #ifdef USE_MPI
@@ -156,9 +183,9 @@ void ChimeraSlayerCommand::help(){
                m->mothurOut("The minsim parameter allows you to specify a minimum similarity with the parent fragments, default=90. \n");
                m->mothurOut("The mincov parameter allows you to specify minimum coverage by closest matches found in template. Default is 70, meaning 70%. \n");
                m->mothurOut("The minbs parameter allows you to specify minimum bootstrap support for calling a sequence chimeric. Default is 90, meaning 90%. \n");
-               m->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");
+               m->mothurOut("The minsnp parameter allows you to specify percent of SNPs to sample on each side of breakpoint for computing bootstrap support (default: 100) \n");
                m->mothurOut("The search parameter allows you to specify search method for finding the closest parent. Choices are distance, blast, and kmer, default distance. \n");
-               //m->mothurOut("The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default false. Found to make results worse. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The realign parameter allows you to realign the query to the potential parents. Choices are true or false, default false.  \n");
                m->mothurOut("The chimera.slayer command should be in the following format: \n");
                m->mothurOut("chimera.slayer(fasta=yourFastaFile, template=yourTemplate, search=yourSearch) \n");
                m->mothurOut("Example: chimera.slayer(fasta=AD.align, template=core_set_aligned.imputed.fasta, search=kmer) \n");
@@ -181,276 +208,186 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
                
                if (abort == true) { return 0; }
                
-               int start = time(NULL); 
-               
-               chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastafile, templatefile, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);   
-                                               
-               string outputFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + "slayer.chimeras";
-               string accnosFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile))  + "slayer.accnos";
-               bool hasAccnos = true;
-               
-               if (m->control_pressed) { delete chimera;       return 0;       }
-               
-               if (chimera->getUnaligned()) { 
-                       m->mothurOut("Your template sequences are different lengths, please correct."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
-                       delete chimera;
-                       return 0; 
-               }
-               templateSeqsLength = chimera->getLength();
+               for (int s = 0; s < fastaFileNames.size(); s++) {
+                               
+                       m->mothurOut("Checking sequences from " + fastaFileNames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                
-       #ifdef USE_MPI  
-               int pid, end, numSeqsPerProcessor; 
-                       int tag = 2001;
-                       vector<long> MPIPos;
-                       MPIWroteAccnos = false;
+                       int start = time(NULL); 
                        
-                       MPI_Status status; 
-                       MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
-                       MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors); 
-
-                       MPI_File inMPI;
-                       MPI_File outMPI;
-                       MPI_File outMPIAccnos;
+                       chimera = new ChimeraSlayer(fastaFileNames[s], templatefile, search, ksize, match, mismatch, window, divR, minSimilarity, minCoverage, minBS, minSNP, parents, iters, increment, numwanted, realign);   
                        
-                       int outMode=MPI_MODE_CREATE|MPI_MODE_WRONLY; 
-                       int inMode=MPI_MODE_RDONLY; 
+                       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.chimeras";
+                       string accnosFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[s]))  + "slayer.accnos";
                        
-                       //char* outFilename = new char[outputFileName.length()];
-                       //memcpy(outFilename, outputFileName.c_str(), outputFileName.length());
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { delete chimera; for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {        remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  return 0;    }
                        
-                       char outFilename[1024];
-                       strcpy(outFilename, outputFileName.c_str());
-                       
-                       //char* outAccnosFilename = new char[accnosFileName.length()];
-                       //memcpy(outAccnosFilename, accnosFileName.c_str(), accnosFileName.length());
-                       
-                       char outAccnosFilename[1024];
-                       strcpy(outAccnosFilename, accnosFileName.c_str());
-
-                       //char* inFileName = new char[fastafile.length()];
-                       //memcpy(inFileName, fastafile.c_str(), fastafile.length());
-                       
-                       char inFileName[1024];
-                       strcpy(inFileName, fastafile.c_str());
-
-                       MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, inFileName, inMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &inMPI);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer
-                       MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPI);
-                       MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAccnosFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAccnos);
+                       if (chimera->getUnaligned()) { 
+                               m->mothurOut("Your template sequences are different lengths, please correct."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                               delete chimera;
+                               return 0; 
+                       }
+                       templateSeqsLength = chimera->getLength();
                        
-                       //delete inFileName;
-                       //delete outFilename;
-                       //delete outAccnosFilename;
-
-                       if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);   MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  delete chimera; return 0;  }
-               
-                       if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process 
-                               m->mothurOutEndLine();
-                               m->mothurOut("Only reporting sequence supported by " + toString(minBS) + "% of bootstrapped results.");
-                               m->mothurOutEndLine();
-       
-                               string outTemp = "Name\tLeftParent\tRightParent\tDivQLAQRB\tPerIDQLAQRB\tBootStrapA\tDivQLBQRA\tPerIDQLBQRA\tBootStrapB\tFlag\tLeftWindow\tRightWindow\n";
+               #ifdef USE_MPI  
+                       int pid, end, numSeqsPerProcessor; 
+                               int tag = 2001;
+                               vector<unsigned long int> MPIPos;
                                
-                               //print header
-                               int length = outTemp.length();
-                               char* buf2 = new char[length];
-                               memcpy(buf2, outTemp.c_str(), length);
-
-                               MPI_File_write_shared(outMPI, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
-                               delete buf2;
+                               MPI_Status status; 
+                               MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &pid); //find out who we are
+                               MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &processors); 
 
-                               MPIPos = setFilePosFasta(fastafile, numSeqs); //fills MPIPos, returns numSeqs
+                               MPI_File inMPI;
+                               MPI_File outMPI;
+                               MPI_File outMPIAccnos;
                                
-                               //send file positions to all processes
-                               MPI_Bcast(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);  //send numSeqs
-                               MPI_Bcast(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //send file pos        
+                               int outMode=MPI_MODE_CREATE|MPI_MODE_WRONLY; 
+                               int inMode=MPI_MODE_RDONLY; 
                                
-                               //figure out how many sequences you have to align
-                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
-                               if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
-                               int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
-                       
-                               //align your part
-                               driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);
-                               
-                               if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);   MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  remove(outputFileName.c_str());  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  delete chimera; return 0;  }
-
-                               for (int i = 1; i < processors; i++) {
-                                       bool tempResult;
-                                       MPI_Recv(&tempResult, 1, MPI_INT, i, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
-                                       if (tempResult != 0) { MPIWroteAccnos = true; }
-                               }
-                       }else{ //you are a child process
-                               MPI_Bcast(&numSeqs, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //get numSeqs
-                               MPIPos.resize(numSeqs+1);
-                               MPI_Bcast(&MPIPos[0], (numSeqs+1), MPI_LONG, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD); //get file positions
+                               char outFilename[1024];
+                               strcpy(outFilename, outputFileName.c_str());
                                
-                               //figure out how many sequences you have to align
-                               numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
-                               if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
-                               int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                               char outAccnosFilename[1024];
+                               strcpy(outAccnosFilename, accnosFileName.c_str());
                                
-                               //align your part
-                               driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);
-                               
-                               if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);   MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  delete chimera; return 0;  }
+                               char inFileName[1024];
+                               strcpy(inFileName, fastaFileNames[s].c_str());
 
-                               MPI_Send(&MPIWroteAccnos, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD); 
-                       }
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, inFileName, inMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &inMPI);  //comm, filename, mode, info, filepointer
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPI);
+                               MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, outAccnosFilename, outMode, MPI_INFO_NULL, &outMPIAccnos);
+
+                               if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);   MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos); for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {    remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }   delete chimera; return 0;  }
                        
-                       //close files 
-                       MPI_File_close(&inMPI);
-                       MPI_File_close(&outMPI);
-                       MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);
-                       
-                       //delete accnos file if blank
-                       if (pid == 0) {
-                               if (!MPIWroteAccnos) { 
-                                       //MPI_Info info;
-                                       //MPI_File_delete(outAccnosFilename, info);
-                                       hasAccnos = false;      
-                                       remove(accnosFileName.c_str()); 
-                               }
-                       }
-               
-       #else
-               ofstream outHeader;
-               string tempHeader = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(fastafile)) + "slayer.chimeras.tempHeader";
-               openOutputFile(tempHeader, outHeader);
-               
-               chimera->printHeader(outHeader);
-               outHeader.close();
+                               if (pid == 0) { //you are the root process 
+                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                       m->mothurOut("Only reporting sequence supported by " + toString(minBS) + "% of bootstrapped results.");
+                                       m->mothurOutEndLine();
                
-               //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, accnosFileName);
-                               
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { 
-                                       remove(outputFileName.c_str()); 
-                                       remove(tempHeader.c_str()); 
-                                       remove(accnosFileName.c_str());
-                                       for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
-                                       delete chimera;
-                                       return 0;
-                               }
-                               
-                               //delete accnos file if its blank 
-                               if (isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  hasAccnos = false; }
-                                                               
-                       }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);  }
+                                       string outTemp = "Name\tLeftParent\tRightParent\tDivQLAQRB\tPerIDQLAQRB\tBootStrapA\tDivQLBQRA\tPerIDQLBQRA\tBootStrapB\tFlag\tLeftWindow\tRightWindow\n";
+                                       
+                                       //print header
+                                       int length = outTemp.length();
+                                       char* buf2 = new char[length];
+                                       memcpy(buf2, outTemp.c_str(), length);
+
+                                       MPI_File_write_shared(outMPI, buf2, length, MPI_CHAR, &status);
+                                       delete buf2;
+
+                                       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);
                                        }
-                               }
-                               inFASTA.close();
-                               
-                               numSeqs = positions.size();
-                               
-                               int numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
+                                       
+                                       //figure out how many sequences you have to align
+                                       numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs / processors;
+                                       int startIndex =  pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                                       if(pid == (processors - 1)){    numSeqsPerProcessor = numSeqs - pid * numSeqsPerProcessor;      }
                                
-                               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));
+                                       //do your part
+                                       driverMPI(startIndex, numSeqsPerProcessor, inMPI, outMPI, outMPIAccnos, MPIPos);
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);   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;  }
+
+                               }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);
+                                       
+                                       //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, MPIPos);
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) {  MPI_File_close(&inMPI);  MPI_File_close(&outMPI);   MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);  for (int j = 0; j < outputNames.size(); j++) {   remove(outputNames[j].c_str()); }  delete chimera; return 0;  }
                                }
                                
+                               //close files 
+                               MPI_File_close(&inMPI);
+                               MPI_File_close(&outMPI);
+                               MPI_File_close(&outMPIAccnos);
+                               MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD); //make everyone wait - just in case
                                
-                               createProcesses(outputFileName, fastafile, accnosFileName); 
+               #else
+                       ofstream outHeader;
+                       string tempHeader = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(fastaFileNames[s])) + "slayer.chimeras.tempHeader";
+                       m->openOutputFile(tempHeader, outHeader);
                        
-                               rename((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
-                                       
-                               //append output files
-                               for(int i=1;i<processors;i++){
-                                       appendFiles((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), outputFileName);
-                                       remove((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
-                               }
+                       chimera->printHeader(outHeader);
+                       outHeader.close();
+                       
+                       vector<unsigned long int> positions = m->divideFile(fastaFileNames[s], processors);
                                
-                               vector<string> nonBlankAccnosFiles;
-                               //delete blank accnos files generated with multiple processes
-                               for(int i=0;i<processors;i++){  
-                                       if (!(isBlank(accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"))) {
-                                               nonBlankAccnosFiles.push_back(accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp");
-                                       }else { remove((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());  }
-                               }
+                       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);
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { 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); 
                                
-                               //append accnos files
-                               if (nonBlankAccnosFiles.size() != 0) { 
-                                       rename(nonBlankAccnosFiles[0].c_str(), accnosFileName.c_str());
+                                       rename((outputFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
+                                       rename((accnosFileName + toString(processIDS[0]) + ".temp").c_str(), accnosFileName.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());
+                                       }
                                        
-                                       for (int h=1; h < nonBlankAccnosFiles.size(); h++) {
-                                               appendFiles(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h], accnosFileName);
-                                               remove(nonBlankAccnosFiles[h].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());
                                        }
-                               }else{ hasAccnos = false;  }
-                               
-                               if (m->control_pressed) { 
-                                       remove(outputFileName.c_str()); 
-                                       remove(accnosFileName.c_str());
-                                       for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
-                                       delete chimera;
-                                       return 0;
+                                       
+                                       if (m->control_pressed) { 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
-                       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, accnosFileName);
-                       
-                       if (m->control_pressed) { 
-                                       remove(outputFileName.c_str()); 
-                                       remove(tempHeader.c_str()); 
-                                       remove(accnosFileName.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);
+                               
+                               if (m->control_pressed) { 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
                        
-                       //delete accnos file if its blank 
-                       if (isBlank(accnosFileName)) {  remove(accnosFileName.c_str());  hasAccnos = false; }
-               #endif
+                       m->appendFiles(outputFileName, tempHeader);
                
-               appendFiles(outputFileName, tempHeader);
-       
-               remove(outputFileName.c_str());
-               rename(tempHeader.c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
-               
-       #endif
-               delete chimera;
+                       remove(outputFileName.c_str());
+                       rename(tempHeader.c_str(), outputFileName.c_str());
+                       
+               #endif
+                       delete chimera;
+                       
+                       
+                       for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
+                       
+                       outputNames.push_back(outputFileName);
+                       outputNames.push_back(accnosFileName); 
+                       
+                       m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to check " + toString(numSeqs) + " sequences."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+               }
                
                m->mothurOutEndLine();
                m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-               m->mothurOut(outputFileName); m->mothurOutEndLine();    
-               if (hasAccnos) {  m->mothurOut(accnosFileName); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
+               for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  m->mothurOut(outputNames[i]); m->mothurOutEndLine();    }       
                m->mothurOutEndLine();
 
-               for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {  delete lines[i];  }  lines.clear();
-               
-               m->mothurOutEndLine(); m->mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to check " + toString(numSeqs) + " sequences."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
-               
                return 0;
                
        }
@@ -461,24 +398,27 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::execute(){
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 
-int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* line, string outputFName, string filename, string accnos){
+int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* filePos, string outputFName, string filename, string accnos){
        try {
                ofstream out;
-               openOutputFile(outputFName, out);
+               m->openOutputFile(outputFName, out);
                
                ofstream out2;
-               openOutputFile(accnos, out2);
+               m->openOutputFile(accnos, out2);
                
                ifstream inFASTA;
-               openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
+               m->openInputFile(filename, inFASTA);
 
-               inFASTA.seekg(line->start);
-               
-               for(int i=0;i<line->numSeqs;i++){
+               inFASTA.seekg(filePos->start);
+
+               bool done = false;
+               int count = 0;
+       
+               while (!done) {
                
                        if (m->control_pressed) {       return 1;       }
                
-                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  gobble(inFASTA);
+                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(inFASTA);  m->gobble(inFASTA);
                                
                        if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
                                
@@ -493,20 +433,28 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* line, string outputFName, string file
                                        //print results
                                        chimera->print(out, out2);
                                }
+                       count++;
                        }
                        delete candidateSeq;
                        
+                       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
+                               unsigned long int pos = inFASTA.tellg();
+                               if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= filePos->end)) { break; }
+                       #else
+                               if (inFASTA.eof()) { break; }
+                       #endif
+                       
                        //report progress
-                       if((i+1) % 100 == 0){   m->mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
+                       if((count) % 100 == 0){ m->mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();         }
                }
                //report progress
-               if((line->numSeqs) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(line->numSeqs)); m->mothurOutEndLine();         }
+               if((count) % 100 != 0){ m->mothurOut("Processing sequence: " + toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();         }
                
                out.close();
                out2.close();
                inFASTA.close();
                                
-               return 0;
+               return count;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "ChimeraSlayerCommand", "driver");
@@ -515,7 +463,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driver(linePair* line, string outputFName, string file
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 #ifdef USE_MPI
-int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& outMPI, MPI_File& outAccMPI, vector<long>& MPIPos){
+int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_File& outMPI, MPI_File& outAccMPI, vector<unsigned long int>& MPIPos){
        try {                           
                MPI_Status status; 
                int pid;
@@ -537,7 +485,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
 
                        delete buf4;
 
-                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(iss);  gobble(iss);
+                       Sequence* candidateSeq = new Sequence(iss);  m->gobble(iss);
                
                        if (candidateSeq->getName() != "") { //incase there is a commented sequence at the end of a file
                                
@@ -552,8 +500,6 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::driverMPI(int start, int num, MPI_File& inMPI, MPI_Fil
                //cout << "about to print" << endl;
                                        //print results
                                        bool isChimeric = chimera->print(outMPI, outAccMPI);
-                                       if (isChimeric) { MPIWroteAccnos = true;  }
-       
                                }
                        }
                        delete candidateSeq;
@@ -580,7 +526,7 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
        try {
 #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                int process = 0;
-               //              processIDS.resize(0);
+               int num = 0;
                
                //loop through and create all the processes you want
                while (process != processors) {
@@ -590,7 +536,15 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
                                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, accnos + toString(getpid()) + ".temp");
+                               num = driver(lines[process], outputFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".temp", filename, accnos + toString(getpid()) + ".temp");
+                               
+                               //pass numSeqs to parent
+                               ofstream out;
+                               string tempFile = outputFileName + toString(getpid()) + ".num.temp";
+                               m->openOutputFile(tempFile, out);
+                               out << num << endl;
+                               out.close();
+                               
                                exit(0);
                        }else { m->mothurOut("unable to spawn the necessary processes."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); exit(0); }
                }
@@ -601,7 +555,15 @@ int ChimeraSlayerCommand::createProcesses(string outputFileName, string filename
                        wait(&temp);
                }
                
-               return 0;
+               for (int i = 0; i < processIDS.size(); i++) {
+                       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());
+               }
+               
+               return num;
 #endif         
        }
        catch(exception& e) {