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EXTERNAL

Modes: a q s

EXTERNAL uses an external application to retrieve sequences. The ID is passed as an argument to the application, either replacing %s in the command string (if present) or as an additional arguement (if there is no %s). EXTERNAL expects the application to return the sequence on STDOUT.


DB mydb [
#required parameters
    method: app
    format: fasta
    app: "getfromdb mydb"
#optional parameters
    type: P
    comment: "my own protein database with a custom retrieval program"
]



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