Problem to debug the 'external' database link

[Alain EMPAIN]

Hi !

I am trying to link EMBOSS 2.0.1 tools to an internal database and I do not 
find a way to debug the error.

For ex. I replaced the app expression by 
	app: "echo %s > /tmp/log" 
to at least take a look at what is passed, but nothing 
is written to /tmp/log ??
 
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alain at kwak:/work/genbase/db$ seqret
Reads and writes (returns) sequences
Input sequence(s): app:essai
   An error has been found: option -sequence: 
	Unable to read sequence 'app:essai'
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==> normal error because there is nothing returned, 
	but the /tmp/log is not created


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Here is a real try, working well from the shell :
look 'AGLA13' /work/genbase/db/sequence.str | g_fasta-io -f

my .embossrc :
(...)
DB  gmol  [
	method: app
	format: fasta
	app: "look '%s' /work/genbase/db/sequence.str | g_fasta-io -f"
	type: P
	comment: "Genbase/db/sequence.str"
]
(...)



	Thanks for any information,

	Alain
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