[EMBOSS] fparse - wEMBOSS input format issues

Tue Jun 5 09:53:14 UTC 2007

Good day

        A user at the University of the Witwatersrand is trying to use
        the fparse
        program, version 3.6b. The input file as follows works fine and
        produces
        output.

            5    6
        Alpha     110110
        Beta      110000
        Gamma     100110
        Delta     011001
        Epsilon   001110

        The program manual states that the program can accept as input
        up to 8
        different states, but if the above input is changed to include
        more
        alternative states as follows, the program produces an error.

        Modified input - three possible states
           5    6
        Alpha     120110
        Beta      120000
        Gamma     120110
        Delta     011021
        Epsilon   021110

        Error:
        Error: Bad discrete states file 'sample.dat': read 10 states for
        'Alpha',
        expected 6
        Error: Unable to read discrete states from 'sample.dat'
        Died: fpars terminated: Bad value for '-infile' with -auto
        defined
        fpars exited with status 1...

        What could be the reason for this?

        The user also stated that when using a Windows based stand alone
        implementation of the pars program the input file worked fine. 

        Any help would be appreciated.

        Kind Regards

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