6.3.2.5. starch-diff¶
This tool allows the end user to quickly compare the compressed chromosomes in two or more v2.2+ Starch archives.
6.3.2.5.1. Inputs and outputs¶
6.3.2.5.1.1. Input¶
The starch-diff utility takes in two or more Starch v2.2+ archives as input. The end user may also add –chr <chr> to compare one chromosome directly; otherwise, all chromosomes in specified archives are compared.
6.3.2.5.1.2. Output¶
The typical output of starch-diff is a message indicating the archives’ chromosome(s) are identical or dissimilar.
In addition, if the chromosomes are identical, starch-diff exits with a zero status code. Likewise, if any chromosomes are dissimilar, starch-diff exits with a non-zero status code.
6.3.2.5.2. Requirements¶
If the user passes in a pre-v2.2 archive, the utility will exit with a fatal error.
6.3.2.5.3. Usage¶
Use the --help
option to list all options:
starch-diff
citation: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/14/1919.abstract
version: 2.4.41
authors: Alex Reynolds and Shane Neph
$ starch-diff [ --chr <chr> ] starch-file-1 starch-file-2 [ starch-file-3 ... ]
The 'starch-diff' utility compares the signatures of two or more specified
Starch v2.2+ archives for all chromosomes, or for a specified chromosome.