.TH COPYMAT 1 2004-06-25 NCBI "NCBI Tools User's Manual"
.SH NAME
copymat \- convert ASCII matrices into a database suitable for quick reading
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B copymat
[\|\fB\-\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-H\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-P\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-W\fP\ \fIN\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-f\fP\ \fIX\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-r\ F\fP\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBcopymat\fP converts ASCII matrices produced by \fBmakemat\fP(1)
into a database that can be read into memory quickly.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
\fB\-\fP
Print usage message
.TP
\fB\-H\fP
Print help; overrides all other arguments
.TP
\fB\-P\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Database for matrix profiles (default = stdin)
.TP
\fB\-W\fP\ \fIN\fP
Word size for RPS database (default = 3)
.TP
\fB\-f\fP\ \fIX\fP
Threshold for extending hits for RPS database (default = 11.0)
.TP
\fB\-r\ F\fP
Do not create RPS mem map file(s)
.SH AUTHOR
The National Center for Biotechnology Information.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR impala (1),
.BR makemat (1),
impala.html