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MAP_DB(September, 1999) 				 MAP_DB(September, 1999)

NAME
     map_db  - read a FASTA (0), GENBANK flat file (1) PIR/VMS (5) or GCG binary
     (6) sequence database and produce the offsets necessary for efficient  mem-
     ory mapping.

SYNOPSIS
     map_db [-n] filename | "filename libtype"

DESCRIPTION
     map_db  filename  reads the sequence database in filename and produce a new
     file filename.xin with the offset information necessary for efficient  mem-
     ory mapping.

     The  programs  in fasta version 32t08 can use memory mapped i/o to load se-
     quence database files and read them efficiently.  Memory  mapping	is  used
     only if a ".xin" file is available.  The ".xin" file is created by map_db.

     In  addition  to map_db, list_db is available to display the database size,
     etc, and set of offsets calculated by map_db.

OPTIONS
     -n     Read file as DNA database.

BUGS
AUTHOR
     Bill Pearson
     wrp@virginia.EDU

							 MAP_DB(September, 1999)

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