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 #include "trimflowscommand.h"
 #include "needlemanoverlap.hpp"
 
+
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 vector<string> TrimFlowsCommand::setParameters(){      
        try {
-               CommandParameter pflow("flow", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,true); parameters.push_back(pflow);
-               CommandParameter poligos("oligos", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none",false,false); parameters.push_back(poligos);
-               CommandParameter pmaxhomop("maxhomop", "Number", "", "9", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxhomop);
-               CommandParameter pmaxflows("maxflows", "Number", "", "720", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxflows);
-               CommandParameter pminflows("minflows", "Number", "", "360", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminflows);
-               CommandParameter ppdiffs("pdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(ppdiffs);
-               CommandParameter pbdiffs("bdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pbdiffs);
-               CommandParameter ptdiffs("tdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(ptdiffs);
-               CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
-               CommandParameter psignal("signal", "Number", "", "0.50", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(psignal);
-               CommandParameter pnoise("noise", "Number", "", "0.70", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pnoise);
-               CommandParameter pallfiles("allfiles", "Boolean", "", "t", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pallfiles);
-               CommandParameter porder("order", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(porder);
-               CommandParameter pfasta("fasta", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pfasta);
-               CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
-               CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
+               CommandParameter pflow("flow", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none","flow-file",false,true,true); parameters.push_back(pflow);
+               CommandParameter poligos("oligos", "InputTypes", "", "", "none", "none", "none","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(poligos);
+               CommandParameter pmaxhomop("maxhomop", "Number", "", "9", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxhomop);
+               CommandParameter pmaxflows("maxflows", "Number", "", "450", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pmaxflows);
+               CommandParameter pminflows("minflows", "Number", "", "450", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pminflows);
+               CommandParameter ppdiffs("pdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(ppdiffs);
+               CommandParameter pbdiffs("bdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(pbdiffs);
+        CommandParameter pldiffs("ldiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pldiffs);
+               CommandParameter psdiffs("sdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(psdiffs);
+        CommandParameter ptdiffs("tdiffs", "Number", "", "0", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(ptdiffs);
+               CommandParameter pprocessors("processors", "Number", "", "1", "", "", "","",false,false,true); parameters.push_back(pprocessors);
+               CommandParameter psignal("signal", "Number", "", "0.50", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(psignal);
+               CommandParameter pnoise("noise", "Number", "", "0.70", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pnoise);
+               CommandParameter pallfiles("allfiles", "Boolean", "", "t", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pallfiles);
+        CommandParameter porder("order", "Multiple", "A-B-I", "A", "", "", "","",false,false, true); parameters.push_back(porder);
+               CommandParameter pfasta("fasta", "Boolean", "", "F", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pfasta);
+               CommandParameter pinputdir("inputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(pinputdir);
+               CommandParameter poutputdir("outputdir", "String", "", "", "", "", "","",false,false); parameters.push_back(poutputdir);
                
                vector<string> myArray;
                for (int i = 0; i < parameters.size(); i++) {   myArray.push_back(parameters[i].name);          }
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ string TrimFlowsCommand::getHelpString(){
        try {
                string helpString = "";
                helpString += "The trim.flows command reads a flowgram file and creates .....\n";
+        helpString += "The order parameter options are A, B or I.  Default=A. A = TACG and B = TACGTACGTACGATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGC and I = TACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGC.\n";
                helpString += "Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. fasta), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourFasta).\n";
                helpString += "For more details please check out the wiki http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Trim.flows.\n";
                return helpString;
@@ -53,7 +57,23 @@ string TrimFlowsCommand::getHelpString(){
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+string TrimFlowsCommand::getOutputPattern(string type) {
+    try {
+        string pattern = "";
+        
+        if (type == "flow") {  pattern = "[filename],[tag],flow"; } 
+        else if (type == "fasta") {  pattern = "[filename],flow.fasta"; } 
+        else if (type == "file") {  pattern = "[filename],flow.files"; }
+        else { m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: No definition for type " + type + " output pattern.\n"); m->control_pressed = true;  }
+        
+        return pattern;
+    }
+    catch(exception& e) {
+        m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "getOutputPattern");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 
 TrimFlowsCommand::TrimFlowsCommand(){  
@@ -63,6 +83,7 @@ TrimFlowsCommand::TrimFlowsCommand(){
                vector<string> tempOutNames;
                outputTypes["flow"] = tempOutNames;
                outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+        outputTypes["file"] = tempOutNames;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "TrimFlowsCommand");
@@ -100,6 +121,7 @@ TrimFlowsCommand::TrimFlowsCommand(string option)  {
                        vector<string> tempOutNames;
                        outputTypes["flow"] = tempOutNames;
                        outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+            outputTypes["file"] = tempOutNames;
                        
                        //if the user changes the input directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
                        string inputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "inputdir", false);              
@@ -148,60 +170,76 @@ TrimFlowsCommand::TrimFlowsCommand(string option)  {
                        
                        string temp;
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "minflows", false); if (temp == "not found") { temp = "450"; }
-                       convert(temp, minFlows);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, minFlows);  
 
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "maxflows", false); if (temp == "not found") { temp = "450"; }
-                       convert(temp, maxFlows);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, maxFlows);  
                        
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "oligos", true);
                        if (temp == "not found")        {       oligoFileName = "";             }
                        else if(temp == "not open")     {       abort = true;                   } 
-                       else                                            {       oligoFileName = temp;   }
+                       else                                            {       oligoFileName = temp;   m->setOligosFile(oligoFileName); }
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       fasta = 0;              }
                        else if(m->isTrue(temp))        {       fasta = 1;      }
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "maxhomop", false);         if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "9";             }
-                       convert(temp, maxHomoP);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, maxHomoP);  
 
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "signal", false);           if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0.50";  }
-                       convert(temp, signal);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, signal);  
 
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "noise", false);            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0.70";  }
-                       convert(temp, noise);  
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, noise);  
        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "bdiffs", false);           if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0";             }
-                       convert(temp, bdiffs);
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, bdiffs);
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "pdiffs", false);           if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "0";             }
-                       convert(temp, pdiffs);
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, pdiffs);
+                       
+            temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "ldiffs", false);              if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, ldiffs);
+            
+            temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "sdiffs", false);              if (temp == "not found") { temp = "0"; }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, sdiffs);
                        
-                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "tdiffs", false);
-                       if (temp == "not found"){ int tempTotal = pdiffs + bdiffs;  temp = toString(tempTotal); }
-                       convert(temp, tdiffs);
-                       if(tdiffs == 0){        tdiffs = bdiffs + pdiffs;       }
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "tdiffs", false);           if (temp == "not found") { int tempTotal = pdiffs + bdiffs + ldiffs + sdiffs;  temp = toString(tempTotal); }
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, tdiffs);
+                       
+                       if(tdiffs == 0){        tdiffs = bdiffs + pdiffs + ldiffs + sdiffs;     }
+
                        
                        temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "processors", false);       if (temp == "not found"){       temp = m->getProcessors();      }
                        m->setProcessors(temp);
-                       convert(temp, processors);
+                       m->mothurConvert(temp, processors);
        
-                       flowOrder = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "order", false);
-                       if (flowOrder == "not found"){ flowOrder = "TACG";              }
-                       else if(flowOrder.length() != 4){
-                               m->mothurOut("The value of the order option must be four bases long\n");
-                       }
-
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "order", false);  if (temp == "not found"){         temp = "A";     }
+            if (temp.length() > 1) {  m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + temp + " is not a valid option for order. order options are A, B, or I. A = TACG, B = TACGTACGTACGATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGC, and I = TACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGC.\n");  abort=true;
+            }
+            else {
+                if (toupper(temp[0]) == 'A') {  flowOrder = "TACG";   }
+                else if(toupper(temp[0]) == 'B'){
+                    flowOrder = "TACGTACGTACGATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGC";   }
+                else if(toupper(temp[0]) == 'I'){
+                    flowOrder = "TACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGC";   }
+                else {
+                    m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + temp + " is not a valid option for order. order options are A, B, or I. A = TACG, B = TACGTACGTACGATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGTAGTCGAGCATCATCTGACGCAGTACGTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGCTATGTCAGTGCATGCATAGATCGCATGACGATCGCATATCGTCAGTGCAGTGACTGATCGTCATCAGCTAGCATCGACTGCATGATCTCAGTCAGCAGC, and I = TACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGCTACGTACGTCTGAGCATCGATCGATGTACAGC.\n");  abort=true;
+                }
+            }
+            
                        if(oligoFileName == "") {       allFiles = 0;           }
                        else                                    {       allFiles = 1;           }
 
                        numFPrimers = 0;
                        numRPrimers = 0;
+            numLinkers = 0;
+            numSpacers = 0;
                }
-               
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "TrimSeqsCommand");
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "TrimFlowsCommand");
                exit(1);
        }
 }
@@ -213,36 +251,61 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::execute(){
                
                if (abort == true) { if (calledHelp) { return 0; }  return 2;   }
 
-               string trimFlowFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + "trim.flow";
+        map<string, string> variables; 
+               variables["[filename]"] = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName));
+        string fastaFileName = getOutputFileName("fasta",variables);
+               if(fasta){ outputNames.push_back(fastaFileName); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(fastaFileName); }
+        
+        variables["[tag]"] = "trim";
+               string trimFlowFileName = getOutputFileName("flow",variables);
                outputNames.push_back(trimFlowFileName); outputTypes["flow"].push_back(trimFlowFileName);
                
-               string scrapFlowFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + "scrap.flow";
+        variables["[tag]"] = "scrap";
+               string scrapFlowFileName = getOutputFileName("flow",variables);
                outputNames.push_back(scrapFlowFileName); outputTypes["flow"].push_back(scrapFlowFileName);
 
-               string fastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + "flow.fasta";
-               if(fasta){
-                       outputNames.push_back(fastaFileName); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(fastaFileName);
-               }
                
-               vector<unsigned long int> flowFilePos = getFlowFileBreaks();
+               
+               vector<unsigned long long> flowFilePos;
+       #if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+               flowFilePos = getFlowFileBreaks();
                for (int i = 0; i < (flowFilePos.size()-1); i++) {
                        lines.push_back(new linePair(flowFilePos[i], flowFilePos[(i+1)]));
                }       
-
+       #else
+               ifstream in; m->openInputFile(flowFileName, in); in >> numFlows; in.close();
+       ///////////////////////////////////////// until I fix multiple processors for windows //////////////////        
+               processors = 1;
+       ///////////////////////////////////////// until I fix multiple processors for windows //////////////////                
+               if (processors == 1) {
+                       lines.push_back(new linePair(0, 1000));
+               }else {
+                       int numFlowLines;
+                       flowFilePos = m->setFilePosEachLine(flowFileName, numFlowLines);
+                       flowFilePos.erase(flowFilePos.begin() + 1); numFlowLines--;
+                       
+                       //figure out how many sequences you have to process
+                       int numSeqsPerProcessor = numFlowLines / processors;
+                       cout << numSeqsPerProcessor << '\t' << numFlowLines << endl;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
+                               int startIndex =  i * numSeqsPerProcessor;
+                               if(i == (processors - 1)){      numSeqsPerProcessor = numFlowLines - i * numSeqsPerProcessor;   }
+                               lines.push_back(new linePair(flowFilePos[startIndex], numSeqsPerProcessor));
+                               cout << flowFilePos[startIndex] << '\t' << numSeqsPerProcessor << endl;
+                       }
+               }
+       #endif
+               
                vector<vector<string> > barcodePrimerComboFileNames;
                if(oligoFileName != ""){
                        getOligos(barcodePrimerComboFileNames); 
                }
                
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
                if(processors == 1){
                        driverCreateTrim(flowFileName, trimFlowFileName, scrapFlowFileName, fastaFileName, barcodePrimerComboFileNames, lines[0]);
                }else{
                        createProcessesCreateTrim(flowFileName, trimFlowFileName, scrapFlowFileName, fastaFileName, barcodePrimerComboFileNames); 
                }       
-#else
-               driverCreateTrim(flowFileName, trimFlowFileName, scrapFlowFileName, fastaFileName, barcodePrimerComboFileNames, lines[0]);
-#endif
                
                if (m->control_pressed) {  return 0; }                  
                
@@ -250,55 +313,52 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::execute(){
                ofstream output;
                
                if(allFiles){
-                       
-                       flowFilesFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + "flow.files";
+                       set<string> namesAlreadyProcessed;
+                       flowFilesFileName = getOutputFileName("file",variables);
                        m->openOutputFile(flowFilesFileName, output);
 
                        for(int i=0;i<barcodePrimerComboFileNames.size();i++){
                                for(int j=0;j<barcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size();j++){
-                                       
-                                       FILE * pFile;
-                                       unsigned long int size;
-                                       
-                                       //get num bytes in file
-                                       pFile = fopen (barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j].c_str(),"rb");
-                                       if (pFile==NULL) perror ("Error opening file");
-                                       else{
-                                               fseek (pFile, 0, SEEK_END);
-                                               size=ftell(pFile);
-                                               fclose (pFile);
-                                       }
-
-                                       if(size < 10){
-                                               remove(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j].c_str());
-                                       }
-                                       else{
-                                               output << barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] << endl;
-                                               outputNames.push_back(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]);
-                                               outputTypes["flow"].push_back(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]);
+                                       if (namesAlreadyProcessed.count(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]) == 0) {
+                        if (barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                            FILE * pFile;
+                            unsigned long long size;
+                            
+                            //get num bytes in file
+                            pFile = fopen (barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j].c_str(),"rb");
+                            if (pFile==NULL) perror ("Error opening file");
+                            else{
+                                fseek (pFile, 0, SEEK_END);
+                                size=ftell(pFile);
+                                fclose (pFile);
+                            }
+                            
+                            if(size < 10){
+                                m->mothurRemove(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]);
+                            }
+                            else{
+                                output << m->getFullPathName(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]) << endl;
+                                outputNames.push_back(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]);
+                                outputTypes["flow"].push_back(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]);
+                            }
+                            namesAlreadyProcessed.insert(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j]);
+                        }
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                        output.close();
                }
                else{
-                       flowFilesFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + "flow.files";
+                       flowFilesFileName = getOutputFileName("file",variables);
                        m->openOutputFile(flowFilesFileName, output);
                        
-                       output << trimFlowFileName << endl;
+                       output << m->getFullPathName(trimFlowFileName) << endl;
                        
                        output.close();
                }
-               outputTypes["flow.files"].push_back(flowFilesFileName);
+               outputTypes["file"].push_back(flowFilesFileName);
                outputNames.push_back(flowFilesFileName);
-               
-//             set fasta file as new current fastafile
-//             string current = "";
-//             itTypes = outputTypes.find("fasta");
-//             if (itTypes != outputTypes.end()) {
-//                     if ((itTypes->second).size() != 0) { current = (itTypes->second)[0]; m->setFastaFile(current); }
-//             }
-               
+                       
                m->mothurOutEndLine();
                m->mothurOut("Output File Names: "); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {  m->mothurOut(outputNames[i]); m->mothurOutEndLine();    }
@@ -314,10 +374,9 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::execute(){
 
 //***************************************************************************************************************
 
-int TrimFlowsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trimFlowFileName, string scrapFlowFileName, string fastaFileName, vector<vector<string> > barcodePrimerComboFileNames, linePair* line){
+int TrimFlowsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trimFlowFileName, string scrapFlowFileName, string fastaFileName, vector<vector<string> > thisBarcodePrimerComboFileNames, linePair* line){
        
        try {
-               
                ofstream trimFlowFile;
                m->openOutputFile(trimFlowFileName, trimFlowFile);
                trimFlowFile.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); trimFlowFile.setf(ios::showpoint);
@@ -325,24 +384,6 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trimFlowFileN
                ofstream scrapFlowFile;
                m->openOutputFile(scrapFlowFileName, scrapFlowFile);
                scrapFlowFile.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); scrapFlowFile.setf(ios::showpoint);
-
-               if(line->start == 4){
-                       scrapFlowFile << maxFlows << endl;
-                       trimFlowFile << maxFlows << endl;
-                       if(allFiles){
-                               for(int i=0;i<barcodePrimerComboFileNames.size();i++){
-                                       for(int j=0;j<barcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size();j++){
-                                               //                              barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
-                                               ofstream temp;
-                                               m->openOutputFile(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j], temp);
-                                               temp << maxFlows << endl;
-                                               temp.close();
-                                       }
-                               }                       
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               FlowData flowData(numFlows, signal, noise, maxHomoP, flowOrder);
                
                ofstream fastaFile;
                if(fasta){      m->openOutputFile(fastaFileName, fastaFile);    }
@@ -351,36 +392,81 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trimFlowFileN
                m->openInputFile(flowFileName, flowFile);
                
                flowFile.seekg(line->start);
-
+               
+               if(line->start == 0){
+                       flowFile >> numFlows; m->gobble(flowFile);
+                       scrapFlowFile << numFlows << endl;
+                       trimFlowFile << maxFlows << endl;
+                       if(allFiles){
+                               for(int i=0;i<thisBarcodePrimerComboFileNames.size();i++){
+                                       for(int j=0;j<thisBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size();j++){
+                        if (thisBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                            ofstream temp;
+                            m->openOutputFile(thisBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j], temp);
+                            temp << maxFlows << endl;
+                            temp.close();
+                        }
+                                       }
+                               }                       
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               FlowData flowData(numFlows, signal, noise, maxHomoP, flowOrder);
+               //cout << " driver flowdata address " <<  &flowData  << &flowFile << endl;      
                int count = 0;
                bool moreSeqs = 1;
-                       
+               
+               TrimOligos trimOligos(pdiffs, bdiffs, ldiffs, sdiffs, primers, barcodes, revPrimer, linker, spacer);
+               
                while(moreSeqs) {
+                               
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { break; }
                        
                        int success = 1;
                        int currentSeqDiffs = 0;
                        string trashCode = "";
                        
-                       flowData.getNext(flowFile);
+                       flowData.getNext(flowFile); 
                        flowData.capFlows(maxFlows);    
                        
                        Sequence currSeq = flowData.getSequence();
+            //cout << currSeq.getName() << '\t' << currSeq.getUnaligned() << endl;
                        if(!flowData.hasMinFlows(minFlows)){    //screen to see if sequence is of a minimum number of flows
                                success = 0;
                                trashCode += 'l';
                        }
-                       
+            if(!flowData.hasGoodHomoP()){      //screen to see if sequence meets the maximum homopolymer limit
+                               success = 0;
+                               trashCode += 'h';
+                       }
+
                        int primerIndex = 0;
                        int barcodeIndex = 0;
                        
+            if(numLinkers != 0){
+                success = trimOligos.stripLinker(currSeq);
+                if(success > ldiffs)           {       trashCode += 'k';       }
+                else{ currentSeqDiffs += success;  }
+                
+            }
+            
+            if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: " + currSeq.getName() + " " + currSeq.getUnaligned() + "\n"); }
+            
                        if(barcodes.size() != 0){
-                               success = stripBarcode(currSeq, barcodeIndex);
+                               success = trimOligos.stripBarcode(currSeq, barcodeIndex);
                                if(success > bdiffs)            {       trashCode += 'b';       }
                                else{ currentSeqDiffs += success;  }
                        }
                        
+            if(numSpacers != 0){
+                success = trimOligos.stripSpacer(currSeq);
+                if(success > sdiffs)           {       trashCode += 's';       }
+                else{ currentSeqDiffs += success;  }
+                
+            }
+            
                        if(numFPrimers != 0){
-                               success = stripForward(currSeq, primerIndex);
+                               success = trimOligos.stripForward(currSeq, primerIndex);
                                if(success > pdiffs)            {       trashCode += 'f';       }
                                else{ currentSeqDiffs += success;  }
                        }
@@ -388,36 +474,52 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::driverCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trimFlowFileN
                        if (currentSeqDiffs > tdiffs)   {       trashCode += 't';   }
                        
                        if(numRPrimers != 0){
-                               success = stripReverse(currSeq);
+                               success = trimOligos.stripReverse(currSeq);
                                if(!success)                            {       trashCode += 'r';       }
                        }
-
-                       if(trashCode.length() == 0){
-                                                       
-                               flowData.printFlows(trimFlowFile);
                        
-                               if(fasta)       {       currSeq.printSequence(fastaFile);       }
-                               
-                               if(allFiles){
-                                       ofstream output;
-                                       m->openOutputFileAppend(barcodePrimerComboFileNames[barcodeIndex][primerIndex], output);
-                                       output.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); trimFlowFile.setf(ios::showpoint);
-                                       
-                                       flowData.printFlows(output);
-                                       output.close();
-                               }                               
+                       if(trashCode.length() == 0){
+                string thisGroup = "";
+                if(barcodes.size() != 0){
+                    thisGroup = barcodeNameVector[barcodeIndex];
+                    if (primers.size() != 0) { 
+                        if (primerNameVector[primerIndex] != "") { 
+                            if(thisGroup != "") {
+                                thisGroup += "." + primerNameVector[primerIndex]; 
+                            }else {
+                                thisGroup = primerNameVector[primerIndex]; 
+                            }
+                        } 
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                int pos = thisGroup.find("ignore");
+                if (pos == string::npos) {             
+                    flowData.printFlows(trimFlowFile);
+                    
+                    if(fasta)  { currSeq.printSequence(fastaFile);     }
+                    
+                    if(allFiles){
+                        ofstream output;
+                        m->openOutputFileAppend(thisBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[barcodeIndex][primerIndex], output);
+                        output.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); trimFlowFile.setf(ios::showpoint);
+                        
+                        flowData.printFlows(output);
+                        output.close();
+                    }
+                }
                        }
                        else{
                                flowData.printFlows(scrapFlowFile, trashCode);
                        }
                                
                        count++;
-                                               
+                       //cout << "driver" << '\t' << currSeq.getName() << endl;                        
                        //report progress
                        if((count) % 10000 == 0){       m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }
 
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-                       unsigned long int pos = flowFile.tellg();
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+                       unsigned long long pos = flowFile.tellg();
 
                        if ((pos == -1) || (pos >= line->end)) { break; }
 #else
@@ -455,13 +557,16 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
                
                while(!oligosFile.eof()){
                
-                       oligosFile >> type; m->gobble(oligosFile);      //get the first column value of the row - is it a comment or a feature we are interested in?
-
+                       oligosFile >> type;     //get the first column value of the row - is it a comment or a feature we are interested in?
+            
+            if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: type = " + type + ".\n"); }
+            
                        if(type[0] == '#'){     //igore the line because there's a comment
-                               while (!oligosFile.eof())       {       char c = oligosFile.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){     break;  }       } // get rest of line if there's any crap there
+                               while (!oligosFile.eof())       {       char c = oligosFile.get(); if (c == 10 || c == 13){     break;  }       }
+                m->gobble(oligosFile);// get rest of line if there's any crap there
                        }
                        else{                           //there's a feature we're interested in
-
+                m->gobble(oligosFile);
                                for(int i=0;i<type.length();i++){       type[i] = toupper(type[i]);  }                                  //make type case insensitive
 
                                oligosFile >> oligo;    //get the DNA sequence for the feature
@@ -470,13 +575,15 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
                                        oligo[i] = toupper(oligo[i]);
                                        if(oligo[i] == 'U')     {       oligo[i] = 'T'; }
                                }
-
+                
+                if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: oligos = " + oligo + ".\n"); }
+                
                                if(type == "FORWARD"){  //if the feature is a forward primer...
                                        group = "";
 
                                        while (!oligosFile.eof())       {       // get rest of line in case there is a primer name = will have the name of the primer
                                                char c = oligosFile.get(); 
-                                               if (c == 10 || c == 13){        break;  }
+                                               if (c == 10 || c == 13 || c == -1){     break;  }
                                                else if (c == 32 || c == 9){;} //space or tab
                                                else {  group += c;  }
                                        } 
@@ -490,9 +597,9 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
 
                                }
                                else if(type == "REVERSE"){
-                                       Sequence oligoRC("reverse", oligo);
-                                       oligoRC.reverseComplement();
-                                       revPrimer.push_back(oligoRC.getUnaligned());
+                                       string oligoRC = reverseOligo(oligo);
+                                       revPrimer.push_back(oligoRC);
+                    if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: reverse oligos = " + oligoRC + ".\n"); }
                                }
                                else if(type == "BARCODE"){
                                        oligosFile >> group;
@@ -500,9 +607,15 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
                                        //check for repeat barcodes
                                        map<string, int>::iterator itBar = barcodes.find(oligo);
                                        if (itBar != barcodes.end()) { m->mothurOut("barcode " + oligo + " is in your oligos file already."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  }
-
+                    
+                    if (m->debug) { m->mothurOut("[DEBUG]: group = " + group + ".\n"); }
+                    
                                        barcodes[oligo]=indexBarcode; indexBarcode++;
                                        barcodeNameVector.push_back(group);
+                               }else if(type == "LINKER"){
+                                       linker.push_back(oligo);
+                               }else if(type == "SPACER"){
+                                       spacer.push_back(oligo);
                                }
                                else{
                                        m->mothurOut(type + " is not recognized as a valid type. Choices are forward, reverse, and barcode. Ignoring " + oligo + "."); m->mothurOutEndLine();  
@@ -525,8 +638,7 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
                        primers[""] = 0;
                        primerNameVector.push_back("");                 
                }
-               
-               
+
                outFlowFileNames.resize(barcodeNameVector.size());
                for(int i=0;i<outFlowFileNames.size();i++){
                        outFlowFileNames[i].assign(primerNameVector.size(), "");
@@ -539,35 +651,45 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
 
                                        string primerName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
                                        string barcodeName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
-                                                                               
-                                       string comboGroupName = "";
-                                       string fileName = "";
-                                       
-                                       if(primerName == ""){
-                                               comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
-                                               fileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + comboGroupName + ".flow";
-                                       }
-                                       else{
-                                               if(barcodeName == ""){
-                                                       comboGroupName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
-                                               }
-                                               else{
-                                                       comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second] + "." + primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
-                                               }
-                                               fileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName)) + comboGroupName + ".flow";
-                                       }
-                                       
-                                       outFlowFileNames[itBar->second][itPrimer->second] = fileName;
-                                       
-                                       ofstream temp;
-                                       m->openOutputFile(fileName, temp);
-                                       temp.close();
+                    
+                                       if ((primerName == "ignore") || (barcodeName == "ignore")) { } //do nothing 
+                                       else {                                  
+                        string comboGroupName = "";
+                        string fileName = "";
+                        
+                        map<string, string> variables; 
+                        variables["[filename]"] = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(flowFileName));
+                        
+                        if(primerName == ""){
+                            comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second];
+                            variables["[tag]"] = comboGroupName;
+                            fileName = getOutputFileName("flow", variables);
+                        }
+                        else{
+                            if(barcodeName == ""){
+                                comboGroupName = primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                            }
+                            else{
+                                comboGroupName = barcodeNameVector[itBar->second] + "." + primerNameVector[itPrimer->second];
+                            }
+                            variables["[tag]"] = comboGroupName;
+                            fileName = getOutputFileName("flow", variables);
+                        }
+                        
+                        outFlowFileNames[itBar->second][itPrimer->second] = fileName;
+                        
+                        ofstream temp;
+                        m->openOutputFile(fileName, temp);
+                        temp.close();
+                    }
                                }
                        }
                }
                
                numFPrimers = primers.size();
                numRPrimers = revPrimer.size();
+        numLinkers = linker.size();
+        numSpacers = spacer.size();
                
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -575,352 +697,57 @@ void TrimFlowsCommand::getOligos(vector<vector<string> >& outFlowFileNames){
                exit(1);
        }
 }
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-int TrimFlowsCommand::stripBarcode(Sequence& seq, int& group){
-       try {
-               
-               string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-               int success = bdiffs + 1;       //guilty until proven innocent
-               
-               //can you find the barcode
-               for(map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();it!=barcodes.end();it++){
-                       string oligo = it->first;
-                       if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){      //let's just assume that the barcodes are the same length
-                               success = bdiffs + 10;                                  //if the sequence is shorter than the barcode then bail out
-                               break;  
-                       }
-                       
-                       if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()))){
-                               group = it->second;
-                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(oligo.length()));
-                               
-                               success = 0;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               //if you found the barcode or if you don't want to allow for diffs
-               if ((bdiffs == 0) || (success == 0)) { return success;  }
-               
-               else { //try aligning and see if you can find it
-                       
-                       int maxLength = 0;
-                       
-                       Alignment* alignment;
-                       if (barcodes.size() > 0) {
-                               map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();
-                               
-                               for(map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();it!=barcodes.end();it++){
-                                       if(it->first.length() > maxLength){
-                                               maxLength = it->first.length();
-                                       }
-                               }
-                               alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, (maxLength+bdiffs+1));  
-                               
-                       }else{ alignment = NULL; } 
-                       
-                       //can you find the barcode
-                       int minDiff = 1e6;
-                       int minCount = 1;
-                       int minGroup = -1;
-                       int minPos = 0;
-                       
-                       for(map<string,int>::iterator it=barcodes.begin();it!=barcodes.end();it++){
-                               string oligo = it->first;
-                               //                              int length = oligo.length();
-                               
-                               if(rawSequence.length() < maxLength){   //let's just assume that the barcodes are the same length
-                                       success = bdiffs + 10;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                               
-                               //use needleman to align first barcode.length()+numdiffs of sequence to each barcode
-                               alignment->align(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()+bdiffs));
-                               oligo = alignment->getSeqAAln();
-                               string temp = alignment->getSeqBAln();
-                               
-                               int alnLength = oligo.length();
-                               
-                               for(int i=oligo.length()-1;i>=0;i--){
-                                       if(oligo[i] != '-'){    alnLength = i+1;        break;  }
-                               }
-                               oligo = oligo.substr(0,alnLength);
-                               temp = temp.substr(0,alnLength);
-                               
-                               int numDiff = countDiffs(oligo, temp);
-                               
-                               if(numDiff < minDiff){
-                                       minDiff = numDiff;
-                                       minCount = 1;
-                                       minGroup = it->second;
-                                       minPos = 0;
-                                       for(int i=0;i<alnLength;i++){
-                                               if(temp[i] != '-'){
-                                                       minPos++;
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                               }
-                               else if(numDiff == minDiff){
-                                       minCount++;
-                               }
-                               
-                       }
-                       
-                       if(minDiff > bdiffs)    {       success = minDiff;              }       //no good matches
-                       else if(minCount > 1)   {       success = bdiffs + 100; }       //can't tell the difference between multiple barcodes
-                       else{                                                                                                   //use the best match
-                               group = minGroup;
-                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(minPos));
-                               success = minDiff;
-                       }
-                       
-                       if (alignment != NULL) {  delete alignment;  }
-                       
-               }
-               
-               return success;
-               
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "stripBarcode");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-       
-}
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-int TrimFlowsCommand::stripForward(Sequence& seq, int& group){
-       try {
-               
-               string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-               int success = pdiffs + 1;       //guilty until proven innocent
-
-               //can you find the primer
-               for(map<string,int>::iterator it=primers.begin();it!=primers.end();it++){
-                       string oligo = it->first;
-                       if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){      //let's just assume that the primers are the same length
-                               success = pdiffs + 10;                                  //if the sequence is shorter than the barcode then bail out
-                               break;  
-                       }
-                       
-                       if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()))){
-                               group = it->second;
-                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(oligo.length()));
-                               success = 0;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               //if you found the barcode or if you don't want to allow for diffs
-               if ((pdiffs == 0) || (success == 0)) {  return success;  }
-               
-               else { //try aligning and see if you can find it
-                       
-                       int maxLength = 0;
-                       
-                       Alignment* alignment;
-                       if (primers.size() > 0) {
-                               map<string,int>::iterator it=primers.begin();
-                               
-                               for(it;it!=primers.end();it++){
-                                       if(it->first.length() > maxLength){
-                                               maxLength = it->first.length();
-                                       }
-                               }
-                               alignment = new NeedlemanOverlap(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, (maxLength+pdiffs+1));  
-                               
-                       }else{ alignment = NULL; } 
-                       
-                       //can you find the barcode
-                       int minDiff = 1e6;
-                       int minCount = 1;
-                       int minGroup = -1;
-                       int minPos = 0;
-                       
-                       for(map<string,int>::iterator it=primers.begin();it!=primers.end();it++){
-                               string oligo = it->first;
-                               //                              int length = oligo.length();
-                               
-                               if(rawSequence.length() < maxLength){   
-                                       success = pdiffs + 100;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                               
-                               //use needleman to align first barcode.length()+numdiffs of sequence to each barcode
-                               alignment->align(oligo, rawSequence.substr(0,oligo.length()+pdiffs));
-                               oligo = alignment->getSeqAAln();
-                               string temp = alignment->getSeqBAln();
-                               
-                               int alnLength = oligo.length();
-                               
-                               for(int i=oligo.length()-1;i>=0;i--){
-                                       if(oligo[i] != '-'){    alnLength = i+1;        break;  }
-                               }
-                               oligo = oligo.substr(0,alnLength);
-                               temp = temp.substr(0,alnLength);
-                               
-                               int numDiff = countDiffs(oligo, temp);
-                               
-                               if(numDiff < minDiff){
-                                       minDiff = numDiff;
-                                       minCount = 1;
-                                       minGroup = it->second;
-                                       minPos = 0;
-                                       for(int i=0;i<alnLength;i++){
-                                               if(temp[i] != '-'){
-                                                       minPos++;
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                               }
-                               else if(numDiff == minDiff){
-                                       minCount++;
-                               }
-                               
-                       }
-                       
-                       if(minDiff > pdiffs)    {       success = minDiff;              }       //no good matches
-                       else if(minCount > 1)   {       success = pdiffs + 10;  }       //can't tell the difference between multiple primers
-                       else{                                                                                                   //use the best match
-                               group = minGroup;
-                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(minPos));
-                               success = minDiff;
-                       }
-                       
-                       if (alignment != NULL) {  delete alignment;  }
-                       
-               }
-               
-               return success;
-               
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "stripForward");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-}
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-bool TrimFlowsCommand::stripReverse(Sequence& seq){
-       try {
-
-               string rawSequence = seq.getUnaligned();
-               bool success = 0;       //guilty until proven innocent
-               
-               for(int i=0;i<numRPrimers;i++){
-                       string oligo = revPrimer[i];
-                       
-                       if(rawSequence.length() < oligo.length()){
-                               success = 0;
-                               break;
-                       }
-                       
-                       if(compareDNASeq(oligo, rawSequence.substr(rawSequence.length()-oligo.length(),oligo.length()))){
-                               seq.setUnaligned(rawSequence.substr(0,rawSequence.length()-oligo.length()));
-                               success = 1;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }       
-
-               return success;
-               
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "stripReverse");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-}
-
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-bool TrimFlowsCommand::compareDNASeq(string oligo, string seq){
-       try {
-               bool success = 1;
-               int length = oligo.length();
-               
-               for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
-                       
-                       if(oligo[i] != seq[i]){
-                               if(oligo[i] == 'A' || oligo[i] == 'T' || oligo[i] == 'G' || oligo[i] == 'C')    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if((oligo[i] == 'N' || oligo[i] == 'I') && (seq[i] == 'N'))                                {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'R' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'Y' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'M' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'K' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'W' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'S' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'B' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'D' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'H' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'C'))   {       success = 0;    }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'V' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       success = 0;    }                       
-                               
-                               if(success == 0)        {       break;   }
-                       }
-                       else{
-                               success = 1;
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               return success;
-       }
-       catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "compareDNASeq");
-               exit(1);
-       }
-       
-}
-
-//***************************************************************************************************************
-
-int TrimFlowsCommand::countDiffs(string oligo, string seq){
+//********************************************************************/
+string TrimFlowsCommand::reverseOligo(string oligo){
        try {
-               
-               int length = oligo.length();
-               int countDiffs = 0;
-               
-               for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
-                       
-                       if(oligo[i] != seq[i]){
-                               if(oligo[i] == 'A' || oligo[i] == 'T' || oligo[i] == 'G' || oligo[i] == 'C' || oligo[i] == '-' || oligo[i] == '.')      {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if((oligo[i] == 'N' || oligo[i] == 'I') && (seq[i] == 'N'))                                {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'R' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'Y' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'M' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'K' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'W' && (seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'A'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'S' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))                                    {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'B' && (seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'D' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'H' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'T' && seq[i] != 'C'))   {       countDiffs++;   }
-                               else if(oligo[i] == 'V' && (seq[i] != 'A' && seq[i] != 'C' && seq[i] != 'G'))   {       countDiffs++;   }       
-                       }
-                       
-               }
-               
-               return countDiffs;
-       }
+        string reverse = "";
+        
+        for(int i=oligo.length()-1;i>=0;i--){
+            
+            if(oligo[i] == 'A')                {       reverse += 'T'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'T'){  reverse += 'A'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'U'){  reverse += 'A'; }
+            
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'G'){  reverse += 'C'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'C'){  reverse += 'G'; }
+            
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'R'){  reverse += 'Y'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'Y'){  reverse += 'R'; }
+            
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'M'){  reverse += 'K'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'K'){  reverse += 'M'; }
+            
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'W'){  reverse += 'W'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'S'){  reverse += 'S'; }
+            
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'B'){  reverse += 'V'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'V'){  reverse += 'B'; }
+            
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'D'){  reverse += 'H'; }
+            else if(oligo[i] == 'H'){  reverse += 'D'; }
+            
+            else                                               {       reverse += 'N'; }
+        }
+        
+        
+        return reverse;
+    }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "countDiffs");
+               m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "reverseOligo");
                exit(1);
        }
-       
 }
 
 /**************************************************************************************************/
-
-vector<unsigned long int> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
+vector<unsigned long long> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
 
        try{
                        
-               vector<unsigned long int> filePos;
+               vector<unsigned long long> filePos;
                filePos.push_back(0);
                                        
                FILE * pFile;
-               unsigned long int size;
+               unsigned long long size;
                
                //get num bytes in file
                pFile = fopen (flowFileName.c_str(),"rb");
@@ -932,7 +759,7 @@ vector<unsigned long int> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
                }
                                
                //estimate file breaks
-               unsigned long int chunkSize = 0;
+               unsigned long long chunkSize = 0;
                chunkSize = size / processors;
 
                //file too small to divide by processors
@@ -940,7 +767,7 @@ vector<unsigned long int> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
                
                //for each process seekg to closest file break and search for next '>' char. make that the filebreak
                for (int i = 0; i < processors; i++) {
-                       unsigned long int spot = (i+1) * chunkSize;
+                       unsigned long long spot = (i+1) * chunkSize;
                        
                        ifstream in;
                        m->openInputFile(flowFileName, in);
@@ -949,7 +776,7 @@ vector<unsigned long int> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
                        string dummy = m->getline(in);
                        
                        //there was not another sequence before the end of the file
-                       unsigned long int sanityPos = in.tellg();
+                       unsigned long long sanityPos = in.tellg();
                        
 //                     if (sanityPos == -1) {  break;  }
 //                     else {  filePos.push_back(newSpot);  }
@@ -971,8 +798,8 @@ vector<unsigned long int> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
                m->openInputFile(flowFileName, in);
                in >> numFlows;
                m->gobble(in);
-               unsigned long int spot = in.tellg();
-               filePos[0] = spot;
+               //unsigned long long spot = in.tellg();
+               //filePos[0] = spot;
                in.close();
                
                processors = (filePos.size() - 1);
@@ -990,10 +817,11 @@ vector<unsigned long int> TrimFlowsCommand::getFlowFileBreaks() {
 int TrimFlowsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trimFlowFileName, string scrapFlowFileName, string fastaFileName, vector<vector<string> > barcodePrimerComboFileNames){
 
        try {
-#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux)
-               int process = 1;
-               int exitCommand = 1;
                processIDS.clear();
+               int exitCommand = 1;
+               
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || (__MACH__) || (linux) || (__linux) || (__linux__) || (__unix__) || (__unix)
+               int process = 1;
                
                //loop through and create all the processes you want
                while (process != processors) {
@@ -1008,11 +836,12 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trim
                                if(allFiles){
                                        for(int i=0;i<tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames.size();i++){
                                                for(int j=0;j<tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size();j++){
-                                                       tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
-                                                       ofstream temp;
-                                                       m->openOutputFile(tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j], temp);
-                                                       temp.close();
-                                                       
+                            if (tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                                tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] += toString(getpid()) + ".temp";
+                                ofstream temp;
+                                m->openOutputFile(tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j], temp);
+                                temp.close();
+                            }
                                                }
                                        }
                                }
@@ -1050,7 +879,88 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trim
                        int temp = processIDS[i];
                        wait(&temp);
                }
+#else
+               //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               //Windows version shared memory, so be careful when passing variables through the trimFlowData struct. 
+               //Above fork() will clone, so memory is separate, but that's not the case with windows, 
+               //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+               
+               vector<trimFlowData*> pDataArray; 
+               DWORD   dwThreadIdArray[processors-1];
+               HANDLE  hThreadArray[processors-1]; 
+               
+               //Create processor worker threads.
+               for( int i=0; i<processors-1; i++ ){
+                       // Allocate memory for thread data.
+                       string extension = "";
+                       if (i != 0) { extension = toString(i) + ".temp"; processIDS.push_back(i); }
+                       
+                       vector<vector<string> > tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames = barcodePrimerComboFileNames;
+                       if(allFiles){
+                               for(int i=0;i<tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames.size();i++){
+                                       for(int j=0;j<tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size();j++){
+                        if (tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                            tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] += extension;
+                            ofstream temp;
+                            m->openOutputFile(tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j], temp);
+                            temp.close();
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
+                       trimFlowData* tempflow = new trimFlowData(flowFileName, (trimFlowFileName + extension), (scrapFlowFileName + extension), fastaFileName, flowOrder, tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames, barcodes, primers, revPrimer, fasta, allFiles, lines[i]->start, lines[i]->end, m, signal, noise, numFlows, maxFlows, minFlows, maxHomoP, tdiffs, bdiffs, pdiffs, i);
+                       pDataArray.push_back(tempflow);
+                       
+                       //MyTrimFlowThreadFunction 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, MyTrimFlowThreadFunction, pDataArray[i], 0, &dwThreadIdArray[i]);   
+               }
                
+               //using the main process as a worker saves time and memory
+               ofstream temp;
+               m->openOutputFile(trimFlowFileName, temp);
+               temp.close();
+               
+               m->openOutputFile(scrapFlowFileName, temp);
+               temp.close();
+               
+               if(fasta){
+                       m->openOutputFile(fastaFileName, temp);
+                       temp.close();
+               }
+               
+               vector<vector<string> > tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames = barcodePrimerComboFileNames;
+               if(allFiles){
+                       for(int i=0;i<tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames.size();i++){
+                               for(int j=0;j<tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size();j++){
+                    if (tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] != "") {
+                        tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j] += toString(processors-1) + ".temp";
+                        ofstream temp;
+                        m->openOutputFile(tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames[i][j], temp);
+                        temp.close();
+                    }
+                                       
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               //do my part - do last piece because windows is looking for eof
+               int num = driverCreateTrim(flowFileName, (trimFlowFileName  + toString(processors-1) + ".temp"), (scrapFlowFileName  + toString(processors-1) + ".temp"), (fastaFileName + toString(processors-1) + ".temp"), tempBarcodePrimerComboFileNames, lines[processors-1]);
+               processIDS.push_back((processors-1)); 
+               
+               //Wait until all threads have terminated.
+               WaitForMultipleObjects(processors-1, hThreadArray, TRUE, INFINITE);
+               
+               //Close all thread handles and free memory allocations.
+               for(int i=0; i < pDataArray.size(); i++){
+                       num += pDataArray[i]->count;
+                       CloseHandle(hThreadArray[i]);
+                       delete pDataArray[i];
+               }
+               
+               
+#endif 
                //append files
                m->mothurOutEndLine();
                for(int i=0;i<processIDS.size();i++){
@@ -1058,30 +968,32 @@ int TrimFlowsCommand::createProcessesCreateTrim(string flowFileName, string trim
                        m->mothurOut("Appending files from process " + toString(processIDS[i])); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        
                        m->appendFiles((trimFlowFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), trimFlowFileName);
-                       remove((trimFlowFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       m->mothurRemove((trimFlowFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
 //                     m->mothurOut("\tDone with trim.flow file"); m->mothurOutEndLine();
 
                        m->appendFiles((scrapFlowFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), scrapFlowFileName);
-                       remove((scrapFlowFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                       m->mothurRemove((scrapFlowFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
 //                     m->mothurOut("\tDone with scrap.flow file"); m->mothurOutEndLine();
 
                        if(fasta){
                                m->appendFiles((fastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), fastaFileName);
-                               remove((fastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                               m->mothurRemove((fastaFileName + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
 //                             m->mothurOut("\tDone with flow.fasta file"); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        }
                        if(allFiles){                                           
                                for (int j = 0; j < barcodePrimerComboFileNames.size(); j++) {
                                        for (int k = 0; k < barcodePrimerComboFileNames[0].size(); k++) {
-                                               m->appendFiles((barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k]);
-                                               remove((barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp").c_str());
+                        if (barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k] != "") {
+                            m->appendFiles((barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"), barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k]);
+                            m->mothurRemove((barcodePrimerComboFileNames[j][k] + toString(processIDS[i]) + ".temp"));
+                        }
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }
                
                return exitCommand;
-#endif         
+       
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "TrimFlowsCommand", "createProcessesCreateTrim");