opening len files in popabc

[Orly]

Hi,

I have been trying to run PopABC using my own len files generated
using the convert genepop file to table file options on the tools menu
in popabc.exe, but the program would not recognise the files. I also
tried running the program using the example toytable.len file and once
again it could not recognise the file. Am I missing something
important? Is there any other step I need to do when installing this
software?

Thanks,
Orly

[Joao Sollari Lopes]

Hi Orly,

I know we went through this already, I just want to reply to the post so that future reader can benefit from it.
So, as we talked before, the trouble was probably in setting the correct pathway to the created file. When having the executable and the files in different folders, there is a need to type the pathway to the file in a DOS/Unix way. For example, if this is the directory tree:

+popabc_win
    +bin
      | popabc.exe
    +examples
      | toytable.len

in order to access the file toytable.len from popabc program, one should type:

..\examples\toytable.len

To avoid all this pathway typing one can simply copy all the files and executables to the same folder and run popabc from there.

Joao

[Joao Sollari Lopes]

One more thing, if you use windows and the pre-compiled package of popabc you should copy the file cygwin1.dll to the same folder as popabc.exe

Joao