Charles,
> I am having a problem connecting to a database using xace:
>> I recall I may need to be in the directory above that holding the
> database? Anyway if I try the following xace EXITS with the error
> listed below.
OK, the below output shows that you are "sitting" in the database directory:
> Specifics:
>> [chauser at pandorina chuckDB]$ ls -l
> total 572
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 38182 Aug 22 11:09 011802.ace
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 505976 Aug 22 11:09 allele.ace
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 2275 Aug 22 11:09 ccs1temp2.ace
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 1133 Aug 22 11:09 contact_fix1.ace
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 1157 Aug 22 11:09 contact_fix2.ace
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 252 Aug 22 11:09 contact_fix3.ace
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 1133 Aug 22 11:09 contact_fix.ace
> drwxrwx--- 3 chauser staff 4096 Aug 22 11:45 database
> -rw-rw---- 1 chauser staff 3255 Aug 22 11:09 test.ace
> drwxrwx--- 2 chauser staff 4096 Aug 22 11:44 wspec
so to start xace you need to this:
[chauser at pandorina chuckDB]$ xace .
the "." is resolved to the name of the current directory, i.e. your database.
You can also just tell xace where the directory is explicitly, for instance if
your database was /my/directory/some/where/on/my/disk/my_database you could
type this:
[chauser at pandorina chuckDB]$ xace /my/directory/some/where/on/my/disk/my_database
Does that make sense ? If not then mail me direct and I will give you some more
help.
cheers Ed
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