NAME
SYNOPSIS hmm-convert [options] <old HMM file> <new HMM file> DESCRIPTION hmm-convert converts between HMM file formats. Two formats are used: a binary format, and an ASCII format. The binary format is more compact but it is not always portable between different machines. The ASCII format is also advantageous for manipulating HMM files, since it is easily readable by scripts. By default, hmm-convert reads <old HMM file> and saves it in ASCII format in <new HMM file>. The -b option causes the program to create a binary file.
hmm-convert also supports conversions into GCG Profile format, via the -P option. This lets you build HMMs with the HMMER package, but use GCG software to do searches. This is used for using specialized hardware (such as the Compugen Bioccelarator) which runs GCG profiles but not HMMs. The resulting profile is only an approximation of an HMM. OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
Overview page: hmmer(l)
Individual man pages: hmma(l), hmmb(l), hmme(l), hmmfs(l), hmmls(l), hmms(l), hmmsw(l), hmmt(l)
User guide and tutorial: Userguide.ps
BUGS No major bugs known.
Not very tolerant of errors on the command line.
NOTES This software and documentation is Copyright (C) 1992-1995, Sean R. Eddy. It is freely distributable under terms of the GNU General Public License. See COPYING, in the source code distribution, for more details, or contact me.
Sean Eddy Dept. of Genetics, Washington Univ. School of Medicine 660 S. Euclid Box 8232 St Louis, MO 63110 USA Phone: 1-314-362-7666 FAX : 1-314-362-2985 Email: eddy@genetics.wustl.edu