Command Line Arguments

-check

-nocheck

Specifies whether to run the "Check Database" option when opening new databases. -check forces this to always be done and -nocheck forces it to never be done. By default Check Database is always performed when opening databases in read-write mode and never performed when opening in read-only mode.

-maxdb

Specifies the maximum number of readings plus contigs. This value is not automatically adjusted whilst the program is running, but is not allowed to be set to a value too small for the database to be opened. It controls the size of some areas of memory (approximately 16*maxdb bytes) used during execution of gap. The default value is 8000.

-maxseq

Specifies the maximum number of characters used in the concatenated consensus sequences. This parameter is generally not required as the value is normally computed and adjusted automatically. However a few functions (such as assembly) still need to know a maximum size before hand. The default is 100000 bases.

-ro

-read_only

Opens the database (if specified on the command line) in read only mode. This does not apply to databases opened using the file browser.

-no_exec_notes

Does not search for and execute any Notes of type OPEN or CLOS. This may be an important security measure if you are using foreign databases.

-no_rawdata_note

Does not make use of the RAWD note type for specifying the trace file search path.

--

Treat this as the last command line option. Only useful if the database name is specified and the name starts with a minus character (not recommended!).