NAME
     autoseq - extract information  from  and  analyze  chromato-
     graphic data files from automated DNA sequencers.

SYNOPSIS
     autoseq [ options ] filename(s)

DESCRIPTION
     autoseq has two primary functions: 1) to extract  data  from
     SCF  and ABI files and write these components to files; and,
     2) to act as an interface to the C++ classes CTrace, CTrace-
     File,  and CPeakList which manipulate chromatographic infor-
     mation. The results of these operations are directed to out-
     put files as specified below.

SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS
     Because autoseq uses the C++ class CTraceFile to  manipulate
     traces, it understands only those formats recognized by that
     class. Currently, this means that only Standard Chromatogram
     Format  (SCF)  and Applied Biosystems, Inc. (ABI) format are
     recognized. CTraceFile can read both the raw  and  processed
     chromatogram  sets  in  ABI files; see the -fmt option below
     for more details.

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AUTHOR AND AVAILABILITY
(OF THE SOURCE, NOT THE AUTHOR)
     Reece Kimball Hart (reece@ibc.wustl.edu)
     Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
     Washington University School of Medicine
     St. Louis, Missouri, USA

     This project was developed in  partial  fulfillment  of  the
     requirements  for  a Master's Degree in Computer Science and
     Certificate in Biomechanical Engineering from the Department
     of Computer Science at Washington University in Saint Louis.
     The advisor for the project was David  States,  M.D.,  Ph.D.
     It  has been placed in the public domain and is available by
     anonymous ftp to ibc.wustl.edu:pub/c++-tools/auto-seq.tar.Z.