changed how we name the make.group groups file, and filter file in filter.seqs, finis...

[mothur.git] / filterseqscommand.cpp

diff --git a/filterseqscommand.cpp b/filterseqscommand.cpp
index addc5f338c9202811a7d6e341167c8a097e03ea0..e676f1fbd7af7b581b7552bd25c844255ba4e8ce 100644 (file)
--- a/filterseqscommand.cpp
+++ b/filterseqscommand.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ int FilterSeqsCommand::execute() {
                
                ofstream outFilter;
                
-               string filterFile = outputDir + filterFileName + ".filter";
+               //prevent giantic file name
+               string filterFile;
+               if (fastafileNames.size() > 3) { filterFile = outputDir + "merge.filter"; }
+               else {  filterFile = outputDir + filterFileName + ".filter";  }
+               
                m->openOutputFile(filterFile, outFilter);
                outFilter << filter << endl;
                outFilter.close();