Introduction

Cluster is a simple UNIX C⁺⁺ program to build lists of collections of interacting items from records containing interacting pairs and larger fragments. It reads in lines consisting of two or more names and outputs connected clusters of names. Each line of output is prefixed with a cluster number, the size of the cluster and an optional name string.

Usage

Compilation

To build an executable from the source for Cluster, modify the Makefile as appropriate (you may need to refer to Makefile.g++ or Makefile.sgi). Then type the command: make cluster

On-Line Help

The following on-line help is available by invoking Cluster with the -help flag.

Read in lines consisting of two or more names and output
connected clusters of names. Each line of output is
prefixed with a cluster number, the size of the cluster
and an optional name string.

arguments: [-flags] filename or -

Flags:

-F c     input  field separator is 'c' (default is whitespace).
-O c     output field separator is 'c' (default is tab).
-N name  prefix cluster with name.
-Max#    max number of different input names (default=2000)
-SINGLEtons  include unconnected singletons in the output.

-Help  write out this description

e-mail:
J. Michael Word or
David C. Richardson
URL: http://kinemage.biochem.duke.edu
Biochemistry Department
Duke University
Durham, NC USA 27710