makeBlastDb {packFinder} | R Documentation

## Make Blast Database

### Description

Generates a BLAST database to be queried. Required for identifying sequences using the BLAST+ software.

### Usage

    makeBlastDb(fastaFile, dbPath, blastPath, dbType = "nucl")

### Arguments

`fastaFile` | FASTA file containing sequences to generate a BLAST database from.
`dbPath` | Path to save the BLAST database to.
`blastPath` | Path/name of BLAST program to use. Name of the application for Linux/MacOS, absolute path for the executable for windows users.
`dbType` | Type of BLAST database to create, e.g. "nucl" for a nucleotide database.

### Value

No return value; generates a blast database in the chosen directory.

### Author(s)

Jack Gisby

### References

For further information, see the NCBI BLAST+ application documentation and help pages (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003500?dopt=Citation).

### See Also

`packSearch`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    makeBlastDb("genes.fasta", "blastdb.db", "C:/blast.exe")

    ## End(Not run)

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