changing command name classify.shared to classifyrf.shared

[mothur.git] / validparameter.cpp

diff --git a/validparameter.cpp b/validparameter.cpp
index 3e1f3498ca0be8f0f010bd038273f3ea70f89d3c..7d1af2551c7a6717c1d3ea807af0e56de0fc218e 100644 (file)
--- a/validparameter.cpp
+++ b/validparameter.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ string ValidParameters::validFile(map<string, string>& container, string paramet
                                        
                                        if (!m->isContainingOnlyDigits(numTest)) { m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: expected a number and got " + numTest + ". I suspect you entered a column formatted file as a phylip file, aborting."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); return "not found"; }
                                }
+                
+                //check for blank file
+                if (ableToOpen != 1) {
+                    if (m->isBlank(container[parameter])) {
+                        m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: " + container[parameter] + " is blank, aborting."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); return "not found"; 
+                    }
+                }
+                    
                        }
                }else { return "not found"; }