
  README file for BioDB-Loader Toolkit


Requirements
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The BioDB-Loader has been tested under Allegro Common Lisp (ACL) from
Franz Inc.  It should run under ACL on any platform.  It has been
tested under ACL 5.0 and ACL 5.0.1 under Solaris; performance is
better under 5.0.1.

We strongly recommend using a compiled version of the package for better
performance.

For large datasets such as Swiss-Prot, we recommend using a machine
with at least 256MB of memory.


Installation
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To install the BioDB-Loader retrieve the distribution in one of two forms.

1. As a Unix tar file -- retrieve file  biodb.tar.Z and uncompress and untar it.

2. As a set of files -- retrieve all files in the biodb-loader directory
at our ftp site.


Loading
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To load the BioDB-Loader into a Common Lisp session, enter:

  (load "biodb-loader/load-biodb")

This command will load in an interpreted version of the loader.
To compile the BioDB-Loader and then reload the compiled version,
you then enter:

  (biodb:compile-biodb)
  (load "biodb-loader/load-biodb")



Documentation
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Additional documentation is available in file dbloader.html

