Perhaps like some of you I didn't upgrade to version 9 when it first
came out -- partially due to the lack of EGCG programs and partially due
to the lack of source code so that I could keep some in-house
improvements to the package. And, perhaps like some of you, I have
finally been forced to upgrade because Blast no longer works and because
my users are clamoring for some of the new version 9 programs. But at
the same time my users also insist that the older programs (e.g.,
"PrettyBox" "PrettyPlot") be kept running. My solution is to create a
command script for each old program that silently switches my users from
version 9 to version 8, runs the program, and then switches them back to
version 9. This works for most applications so long as I make version 9
look at the version 8 sequence databases.
I know that this is a rather obvious tactic to use, but if this
so-called "version 8 compatibility mode" idea helps out one other system
manager then, IMHO, this post will be worthwhile.
--
-- Rick
Rick Westerman System Manager of the Ag Campus Lab. for
westerm at purdue.edu Computational Biology (ACLCB) & Sys. Mgr.
Phone: (317) 494-0505 of the Biochemistry department BCHM bldg.
FAX: (317) 494-7897 Purdue Univ. W. Lafayette, IN 47907
href="http://www.biochem.purdue.edu/~westerm"
