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BOWTIE2-BUILD(1) User Commands BOWTIE2-BUILD(1)

NAME

bowtie2-build - building a colorspace index for bowtie2

SYNOPSIS

bowtie2-build [ options]* <reference_in> <bt2_index_base>

DESCRIPTION

Bowtie 2 version 2.0.0-beta6 by Ben Langmead (blangmea@jhsph.edu)
reference_in
comma-separated list of files with ref sequences
bt2_index_base
write .bt2 data to files with this dir/basename
*** Bowtie 2 indexes work only with v2 (not v1). Likewise for v1 indexes. *** Options:
-f
reference files are Fasta (default)
-c
reference sequences given on cmd line (as <seq_in>)
-a/--noauto
disable automatic -p/--bmax/--dcv memory-fitting
-p/--packed
use packed strings internally; slower, uses less mem
--bmax <int>
max bucket sz for blockwise suffix-array builder
--bmaxdivn <int>
max bucket sz as divisor of ref len (default: 4)
--dcv <int>
diff-cover period for blockwise (default: 1024)
--nodc
disable diff-cover (algorithm becomes quadratic)
-r/--noref
don't build .3/.4.bt2 (packed reference) portion
-3/--justref
just build .3/.4.bt2 (packed reference) portion
-o/--offrate <int>
SA is sampled every 2^offRate BWT chars (default: 5)
-t/--ftabchars <int>
# of chars consumed in initial lookup (default: 10)
--seed <int>
seed for random number generator
-q/--quiet
verbose output (for debugging)
-h/--help
print detailed description of tool and its options
--usage
print this usage message
--version
print version information and quit
64-bit Built on lxcsid Fri Jun 1 20:11:23 UTC 2012 Compiler: gcc version 4.7.0 (Debian 4.7.0-8) Options: -O3 -m64 -msse2 -funroll-loops -g3 Sizeof {int, long, long long, void*, size_t, off_t}: {4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8}
June 2012 bowtie2-build version 2.0.0-beta6