Script for incremental update of databases

[Dr J.C. Ison]

Johanne  -

If the database was made up lots of files then Mirror
might help:
http://www.freecode.com/projects/mirror1/

"Mirror was designed to duplicate a directory hierarchy between
two machines. It avoids copying files unnecessarily by comparing
the file time-stamps and file sizes before transferring"

J.



Johanne Duhaime wrote:

> Hello
>
> We will start using Emboss. We want certain databases to reside locally
> (genbank and swissprot for example). Are they any scripts already
> available that would update the database each day for new sequences
> only.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> --
> Johanne Duhaime
> IRCM
> 110 Ave des Pins O
> Montreal, Quebec
> 987-5556 (tel) 987-5644 (fax)
> Johanne_Duhaime at ircm.qc.ca
> http://www.ircm.qc.ca

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Bioinformatics Applications Group
UK MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre
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