On 2005-01-24 (21:37) Albion Baucom wrote: > >On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, timothy driscoll wrote: > >> I am building a Web page and I want to be able to 'silently' access >> structure files in the PDB >> >> does anyone know if there exists a method for doing this already? I can >> see how to construct and call a specific 'Download/Display File' page >> from the PDB, and then I could strip the coordinates from that, but I >> doubt that is the best route. > >Hi Timothy, > > You can access all of the PDB through their FTP site. Here is a >one liner that will fetch a PDB file assuming you have a file named >".netrc" in your home directory something like this > >..netrc >----------------------------- >machine ftp.rcsb.org >login anonymous >password [EMAIL PROTECTED] >----------------------------- > >script entry >----------------------------- >echo "get pub/pdb/data/structures/all/pdb/pdb$entry.ent.Z >pdb$entry.ent.Z" >| ftp ftp.rcsb.org >& /dev/null >----------------------------- > >(that is one line, and $entry is the 4 character code variable for the >pdb entry) > >So what happens when you pipe that "get pub..." command to ftp, it >looks for the .netrc file, finds the machine your using, and uses your >login and pword (in this case anonymous, and your e-mail address), and >runs the command. > >So what you need to do is create a cgi-script that will be run when the >user submits the request. >
hi Albion, I did not realize that one can access the PDB through its ftp site still. that looks like what I need to do. thanks for the pointer! tim -- Timothy Driscoll molvisions - see, grasp, learn. <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
