hmmpress1

Usage

Overview

Constructs binary compressed datafiles for hmmscan, starting from a profile database hmmfile in standard HMMER3 format. The hmmpress step is required for hmmscan to work.

Four files are created: hmmfile.h3m, hmmfile.h3i, hmmfile.h3f, and hmmfile.h3p. The hmmfile.h3m file contains the profile HMMs and their annotation in a binary format. The hmmfile.h3i file is an SSI index for the hmmfile.h3m file. The hmmfile.h3f file contains precomputed data structures for the fast heuristic filter (the MSV filter). The hmmfile.h3p file contains precomputed data structures for the rest of each profile.

hmmfile may not be '-' (dash); running hmmpress on a standard input stream rather than a file is not allowed.

Options

-h

Help; print a brief reminder of command line usage and all available options.

-f

Force; overwrites any previous hmmpress'ed datafiles. The default is to bitch about any existing files and ask you to delete them first.