BoB (Blast Output Browser), release 1.01 is now available via FTP from
milo.dcrt.nih.gov. Binary distributions for the following architectures and
the source code are posted:
Sun 4's running SunOS 4.1.x
Hewlett Packard PA-RISC, HP/UX 9.x
DECstations running Ultrix 4.3
Convex C38 running ConvexOS 10.2
SGI workstations running IRIX 4.0.5 System V
DEC OSF/1 V1.3
BoB is an X window application to browse through blast output results from
either NCBI Blast server or DNA workbench server. This program is most useful
in an environment where "bulk" Blast processing is done (for example cDNA
projects). The user can choose to browse one or two blast output files
simultaneously (for example blastn and blastx). While browsing through
results, the user can simultaneously view alignments, view the blast output
file, view the actual database entry and selectively choose the hits to
save/print.
The SUN and CONVEX distribution include binaries for retrieving selected hits
from the NCBI network Entrez server. All distributions include programs to
utilize the 'remote control' feature of Mosaic to retrieve selected entries
from the NCBI WWW Entrez server.
A few bugs were fixed from the earlier release. It now handles the blast
results returned using the filter switch with echofilter enabled. Fixed a
bug with saving/printing of 'subjects' with multiple hits and another with
printing of alignments.
To obtain BoB:
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On your machine, 'cd' to the directory where you want to install bob.
ftp milo.dcrt.nih.gov // or: ftp 128.231.129.60
Name: anonymous
Password: [your email address]
ftp> cd /pub/bob/R1.01
ftp> binary
ftp> get BoB_R1.01_sun4.tar.Z
(or the distribution for your architecture)
ftp> quit
zcat BoB_R1.01_sun4.tar.Z | tar xf -
(or the distribution for your architecture)
./install
(Now the program is run by just invoking the script 'bob'.)
Check out the README, BoB.man (nroff-formatted) and BoB.guide for more
information on BoB.
BoB contacts: Parasa Venkateswara Rao, parasa at alw.nih.gov
John Powell, jip at helix.nih.gov
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Parasa Venkateswara Rao Phone: (301) 402-3207
Building 12A, Room 2024 FAX : (301) 402-2867
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892 Internet: parasa at alw.nih.gov
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