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  • What is a kart file?

    In trying to download files from SRA, I was directed to use part of the sratoolkit called "prefetch". There I came across the term "kart file":

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    What is a kart file?

    Thanks.

    Eric

  • #2
    If you have SRA accession numbers (and all you are interested in is downloading fastq data) then use this procedure: http://seqanswers.com/forums/showpos...36&postcount=7

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    • #3
      Hi GenoMax,

      Thanks very much for the suggestion. I followed the instructions and they seemed to work in that the little snippet of test code worked as it should:

      Code:
      efoss@gizmod31:~/source_codes/sratoolkit.2.4.5-2-ubuntu64/bin$ ./fastq-dump -X 5 -Z SRR390728
      Read 5 spots for SRR390728
      Written 5 spots for SRR390728
      @SRR390728.1 1 length=72
      CATTCTTCACGTAGTTCTCGAGCCTTGGTTTTCAGCGATGGAGAATGACTTTGACAAGCTGAGAGAAGNTNC
      +SRR390728.1 1 length=72
      ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;9;;665142;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;96&&&&(
      @SRR390728.2 2 length=72
      AAGTAGGTCTCGTCTGTGTTTTCTACGAGCTTGTGTTCCAGCTGACCCACTCCCTGGGTGGGGGGACTGGGT
      +SRR390728.2 2 length=72
      ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;4;;;;3;393.1+4&&5&&;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<9;<;;;;;464262
      @SRR390728.3 3 length=72
      CCAGCCTGGCCAACAGAGTGTTACCCCGTTTTTACTTATTTATTATTATTATTTTGAGACAGAGCATTGGTC
      +SRR390728.3 3 length=72
      -;;;8;;;;;;;,*;;';-4,44;,:&,1,4'./&19;;;;;;669;;99;;;;;-;3;2;0;+;7442&2/
      @SRR390728.4 4 length=72
      ATAAAATCAGGGGTGTTGGAGATGGGATGCCTATTTCTGCACACCTTGGCCTCCCAAATTGCTGGGATTACA
      +SRR390728.4 4 length=72
      1;;;;;;,;;4;3;38;8%&,,;)*;1;;,)/%4+,;1;;);;;;;;;4;(;1;;;;24;;;;41-444//0
      @SRR390728.5 5 length=72
      TTAAGAAATTTTTGCTCAAACCATGCCCTAAAGGGTTCTGTAATAAATAGGGCTGGGAAAACTGGCAAGCCA
      +SRR390728.5 5 length=72
      ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;9445552;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;446662
      However, when I went to try to download something real, it didn't work:

      Code:
      efoss@gizmod31:~/source_codes/sratoolkit.2.4.5-2-ubuntu64/bin$ ./fastq-dump -B SRA044886
      2015-03-11T19:34:36 fastq-dump.2.4.5 err: item not found while constructing within virtual database module - the path 'SRA044886' cannot be opened as database or table
      efoss@gizmod31:~/source_codes/sratoolkit.2.4.5-2-ubuntu64/bin$
      This was an attempt to download fastq files that had been acquired with SOLiD, but I wanted them to download in base space. Does anyone have a suggestion to fix this? I Googled the error and found a suggestion to restore defaults with "vdv-config --restore-defaults":

      It seems that the prefetch routine is not working properly, as none of the toolkit tools are properly fetching runs by accession: $ fastq-dump -X 5 -Z SRR390728 2015-02-03T17:07:21 fastq-dump.2.4.3...


      but this didn't help.

      Thanks.

      Eric

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      • #4
        You need to use abi-dump for SOLiD data.

        That said the accession number you posted above is not working with abi-dump. It is not uncommon to find accession numbers that do not work. Emailing sra-techsupport can be useful in these cases.

        You can also find this dataset at ENA: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/SRA044886 The files say they are "fastq" but you will need to check what format they are in.

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        • #5
          Hi Genomax,

          Thanks very much. I really appreciate the help.

          Eric

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          • #6
            efoss asked 'What is a kart file? '

            efoss asked 'What is a kart file? '

            Does anyone have the answer and can you explain the format of the file and what information it contains?

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            • #7
              Cart (.kart) files are referenced in this document http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...efetch_command I don't see a description of the file format.

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