README

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== wwwfastacmd                                                               ==
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wwwfastacmd are four files to add to wwblast NCBI tool, to be able to use
fastacmd through a web interface, in other words, to be able to retrieve
a sequence from a blastdb based in its ID.

This web interface use the same strcuture than wwwblast. It has two important 
files:

  * fastacmd.html, with the form to submit the query.

  * fastacmd.cgi, with all the code to check the submitted data and 
    the line to executate the fastacmd. It is performed using `STRING`
    (http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#%60STRING%60), instead system
    to avoid the creation of any temp file. The output is directly redirect
    to a perl variable and printed with the cgi script. 


Installation and configuration:
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1) Follow the instructions to install and configure NCBI wwwblast.
   (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/staff/tao/URLAPI/wwwblast/)

2) Download the wwwfastacmd files and copy the following files in the 
   locations:

   fastacmd.html      => /blast
   fastacmd.cgi       => /blast
   fastacmd_help.html => /blast/docs
   fastacmd_form.gif  => /blast/images

 3) Replace index.html with the index.html from the wwwfastacmd files.

 4) Open fastacmd.html, add any blastdb in the section:
    <select name="DATALIB">
        <option VALUE = "blastdb_localization"> blastdb name
    </select>

 5) Check that the files are readables for anyone.