acdc

 

Function

ACD compiler

Description

Acdc does not have its own command line. Instead, it will run the command line of any EMBOSS program by reading its ACD file and processing the command line and user responses in exactly the same way as the true program.

Acdc uses a very simple method. The first command line parameter is the name of the EMBOSS program to be compiled. All other command line parameters and qualifiers are processed by that program's ACD file.

Usage

Here is a sample session with acdc 


% acdc antigenic 
Finds antigenic sites in proteins
Input protein sequence(s): tsw:actb1_fugru
Minimum length of antigenic region [6]: 
Output report [actb1_fugru.antigenic]:

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Command line arguments

The first parameter is the name of the program to compile. All other command line parameters and qualifiers are defined for that program - see the documentation for the program of choice.

Output file format

The output file is empty, but any format available to the specified program can be used.

Output files for usage example

File: actb1_fugru.antigenic








    Data files




Acdc will use any data files specified in the ACD file of the
specified program, but will ignore any data files that are only used
directly by the program's code.



EMBOSS data files are distributed with the application and stored
in the standard EMBOSS data directory, which is defined
by the EMBOSS environment variable EMBOSS_DATA.




To see the available EMBOSS data files, run:



% embossdata -showall




To fetch one of the data files (for example 'Exxx.dat') into your
current directory for you to inspect or modify, run:



% embossdata -fetch -file Exxx.dat






Users can provide their own data files in their own directories.
Project specific files can be put in the current directory, or for
tidier directory listings in a subdirectory called
".embossdata". Files for all EMBOSS runs can be put in the user's home
directory, or again in a subdirectory called ".embossdata".



The directories are searched in the following order:








    Notes






    References






    Warnings




None.



    Diagnostic Error Messages







    Exit status




It exits with status 0.



    Known bugs




None.



See also




Program nameDescription



acdpretty
ACD pretty printing utility





acdtable
Creates an HTML table from an ACD file





acdtrace
ACD compiler on-screen trace





acdvalid
ACD file validation







    Author(s)



Peter Rice (pmr © ebi.ac.uk)


Informatics Division, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK




    History


Completed 9th March 1999



    Target users


This program is intended to be used by developers of applications and
interfaces. 



    Comments


None