Configuration Parameter

Specifies

Default value

BLASTDB

Path to BLAST databases.

Current working directory

DATA_LOADERS

Data loaders to use for automatic sequence identifier resolution. This is a comma separated list of the following keywords: blastdb, genbank, and none. The none keyword disables this feature and takes precedence over any other keywords specified.

blastdb,genbank

BLASTDB_PROT_DATA_LOADER

Locally available BLAST database name to search when resolving protein sequences using BLAST databases. Ignored if DATA_LOADERS does not include the blastdb keyword.

nr

BLASTDB_NUCL_DATA_LOADER

Locally available BLAST database name to search when resolving nucleotide sequences using BLAST databases. Ignored if DATA_LOADERS does not include the blastdb keyword.

nt

BLAST_USAGE_REPORT

Specifies whether or not usage information should be returned to the NCBI. Set this value to false to disable this feature.

true

WINDOW_MASKER_PATH

Path to windowmasker directory hierarchy.

Current working directory

From: Configuring BLAST

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