Anyone know what I need the intermediate folders for?

-Kris

On Sep 10, 4:49 pm, Kris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running a lot of database searches on a large number of mzXML
> files. Because of this, I need to conserve space on my computer. My
> understanding of the software is that "Database Search" generates afolderof 
> out/dta files, which is converted to a PepXML file. The
> PepXML file is then used in "Analyze Peptides" to generate probability
> scores for matches.
>
> My question is: Is there any reason why I would want to save the
> folders of out/dta files? It seems like the only thing these folders
> are used for is generating PepXML files, and having the PepXML files
> is all I need.
>
> I would like to delete the folders of out/dtas to save space on my
> computer. But if there is some reason I should save them (something
> they could be used for later on), please let me know.
>
> Also, I noticed that if you run a large number of mzXML files in
> "Database search", the search usually freezes after it gets to about
> 2.5 million lines of output (I believe). So, I've been running the
> commands in command line. Please let me know, if you see any problem
> with this.
>
> Thanks,
> Kris
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