Ryan,<br>
Thanks for the note !<br>
Yeah, I cant think of other options for now .. but will let you know if I figure something.<br>
<br>
~S<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ryan Golhar</b> <<a href="mailto:golharam@umdnj.edu">golharam@umdnj.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">I
think the easiest way is to do a 'ps -ef | grep blast'. If it returns a
process (other than itself) in the list, then you know someone is running
blast. </font></span></div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The
other (simpler) option is to maintain a seperate BLAST database that you can
copy in place under a standard maintainence window. We normally reboot our
server once a month when system patches are applied. During this outage
period, the new database could be copied in place.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Let me
know what you end up doing. I'm curious to the solution you decide
on. I might want to use that here. </font></span></div></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="sg">
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Ryan</font></span></div></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="e" id="q_1094d1c321345b0e_2">
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<blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;">Hi,<br>I had a question regarding
regular update of BLAST databases. Is there a standard way to move the updated
databases to the user section, making sure that the current copy is not
already in use ?<br><br>Suppose I update the database monthly, but a user
might have a big BLAST job running when my cron script starts the update. This
can lead to errors. How can I prevent that ?<br><br>Thanks,<br><span>~S</span> </blockquote>
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