Running the software
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To run the program, you must do so from the MS-DOS command-line. The intricacies of the
DOS commandline are beyond the scope of this document. Google for more information, if
needed. Here is a quick summary:
1. Click on 'Start > Run...'
2. Type 'cmd' into the space provided
3. Hit enter (or select 'OK')
4. Navigate to the location of the binary:
A. if you put it in C:/Documents and Settings/YourName/Temp,
you would type 'cd c:/Documents and Settings/YourName/Temp'
B. you can also type 'cd ' (don't forget the space after cd)
and drag the primer3 folder onto the command-line window from
windows explorer, this will fill in the location for you
5. Run the example file by typing:
primer3_core.exe < example
Other files may be run in a similar fashion. If your input filename
is 'MyData.txt' you can run primer3 using this file (in the correct
format; see README) with:
primer3_core.exe < MyData.txt
If your file is not in the folder containing primer3_core.exe,
you could run the program from the primer3_core folder using:
primer3_core.exe < c:/someOtherFolder/someOtherFolder/MyData.txt
Finally, if you want to run the program without going to its folder,
assuming primer3_core.exe is in c:/Temp, you could run:
c:/Temp/primer3_core.exe < c:/someOtherFolder/someOtherFolder/MyData.txt
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