This mode suggests how to slice an alignment by position to yield roughly equally sized slices.  It is implemented by

edu.cornell.med.icb.goby.modes.SuggestPositionSlicesMode.java. Since Goby 1.9.

Mode Parameters

The following options are available in this mode

FlagArgumentsRequiredDescription
n/ainputyesThe alignment basenames for which slices are needed.
(-o|--output)outputyesThe file where slices definitions will be written (tab delimited, ref-index\tposition\tref-index,position).
(-n|--number-of-slices)number-of-slicesnoThe number of slices to produce. Default value: 10
--modulomodulonoModulo for slicing positions. Large numbers require less memory and result in coarser, potentially less balanced slices. Default value: 1000000