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Meanings of commands

The file in Figure 6.2 also has commands embedded into it. Rqtl recognizes any token that begins with a minus sign (-) as an embedded command. Some commands require that the following token be a number or piece of information. The following table gives a list of tokens that the program recognizes, their purpose and what the next token should be.

Command Followed by Means
-filetype qtls.inp Tells Rqtl what to expect in the format.
-Units cM or M cM for centiMorgans and M for Morgans.
-named yes or no Answers whether the traits will have names.
-start qtls Begin data defining QTLs
-interactions   Begin data on defining interactions
-skip   Tells Rqtl to skip everything until an
-unskip   which is the end of the -skip. These
    cannot be within a -start to -stop block
    or a -interactions to -stop block
-stop   End of a qtls or interactions block
-end   End of the file


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Christopher Basten 2002-03-27