diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/DumpAndZipTables_conf.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/DumpAndZipTables_conf.pm
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+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+ Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::DumpAndZipTables_conf
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ init_pipeline.pl Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::DumpAndZipTables_conf -password <your_password> -source_dbname ncbi_taxonomy
+
+ init_pipeline.pl Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::DumpAndZipTables_conf -password <your_password> -source_dbname avilella_compara_homology_58 -only_tables 'protein_tree%' -with_schema 0
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+ This is an example pipeline put together from basic building blocks:
+
+ Analysis_1: JobFactory.pm is used to turn the list of tables of the given database into jobs
+
+ these jobs are sent down the branch #2 into the second analysis
+
+ Analysis_2: SystemCmd.pm is used to run these dumping+compression jobs in parallel.
+
+=head1 CONTACT
+
+ Please contact ehive-users@ebi.ac.uk mailing list with questions/suggestions.
+
+=cut
+
+package Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::DumpAndZipTables_conf;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf'); # All Hive databases configuration files should inherit from HiveGeneric, directly or indirectly
+
+sub default_options {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ return {
+ 'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work', # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+
+ 'pipeline_name' => 'zip_tables', # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm
+
+ 'pipeline_db' => { # connection parameters
+ -host => 'compara3',
+ -port => 3306,
+ -user => 'ensadmin',
+ -pass => $self->o('password'), # a rule where a previously undefined parameter is used (which makes either of them obligatory)
+ -dbname => $ENV{USER}.'_'.$self->o('pipeline_name'), # a rule where a previously defined parameter is used (which makes both of them optional)
+ },
+
+ 'source_db' => {
+ -host => 'compara3',
+ -port => 3306,
+ -user => 'ensadmin',
+ -pass => $self->o('password'),
+ -dbname => $self->o('source_dbname'),
+ },
+
+ 'with_schema' => 1, # include table creation statement before inserting the data
+ 'only_tables' => '%', # use 'protein_tree%' or 'analysis%' to only dump those tables
+ 'target_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/'.$self->o('source_dbname'), # where we want the compressed files to appear
+ };
+}
+
+sub pipeline_create_commands {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ return [
+ @{$self->SUPER::pipeline_create_commands}, # inheriting database and hive tables' creation
+
+ 'mkdir -p '.$self->o('target_dir'),
+ ];
+}
+
+sub pipeline_analyses {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ return [
+ { -logic_name => 'get_tables',
+ -module => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::RunnableDB::JobFactory',
+ -parameters => {
+ 'db_conn' => $self->o('source_db'),
+ 'inputquery' => 'SHOW TABLES LIKE "'.$self->o('only_tables').'"',
+ 'numeric' => 0,
+ },
+ -input_ids => [
+ { 'input_id' => { 'table_name' => '$RangeStart' }, },
+ ],
+ -flow_into => {
+ 2 => [ 'dumper_zipper' ], # will create a fan of jobs
+ },
+ },
+
+ { -logic_name => 'dumper_zipper',
+ -module => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::RunnableDB::SystemCmd',
+ -parameters => {
+ 'target_dir' => $self->o('target_dir'),
+ 'cmd' => 'mysqldump '.$self->dbconn_2_mysql('source_db', 0).' '.$self->o('source_db','-dbname').($self->o('with_schema')?'':' -t').' #table_name# | gzip >#target_dir#/#table_name#.sql.gz',
+ },
+ -hive_capacity => 10, # allow several workers to perform identical tasks in parallel
+ -input_ids => [
+ # (jobs for this analysis will be flown_into via branch-2 from 'get_tables' jobs above)
+ ],
+ },
+ ];
+}
+
+1;
+
diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf.pm
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e39fa37566dff69559f8584d7735262a254a351d
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+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf.pm
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+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+ Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ init_pipeline.pl Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf -password <your_password> -directory $HOME/ncbi_taxonomy -unzip 1
+
+ init_pipeline.pl Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf -password <your_password> -directory directory_with_huge_dumps -only_files '*.sql'
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+ This is an example pipeline put together from basic building blocks:
+
+ Analysis_1: JobFactory.pm is used to turn the list of files in a given directory into jobs
+
+ these jobs are sent down the branch #2 into the second analysis
+
+ Analysis_2: SystemCmd.pm is used to run these compression/decompression jobs in parallel.
+
+=head1 CONTACT
+
+ Please contact ehive-users@ebi.ac.uk mailing list with questions/suggestions.
+
+=cut
+
+package Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::ZipUnzipFilesInDir_conf;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf'); # All Hive databases configuration files should inherit from HiveGeneric, directly or indirectly
+
+sub default_options {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ return {
+ 'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work', # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+
+ 'pipeline_name' => 'zip_unzip_files', # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm
+
+ 'pipeline_db' => { # connection parameters
+ -host => 'compara3',
+ -port => 3306,
+ -user => 'ensadmin',
+ -pass => $self->o('password'), # a rule where a previously undefined parameter is used (which makes either of them obligatory)
+ -dbname => $ENV{USER}.'_'.$self->o('pipeline_name'), # a rule where a previously defined parameter is used (which makes both of them optional)
+ },
+
+ 'unzip' => 0, # set to '1' to switch to decompression
+ 'only_files' => '*', # use '*.sql*' to only (un)zip these files
+ };
+}
+
+sub pipeline_create_commands {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ return [
+ @{$self->SUPER::pipeline_create_commands}, # inheriting database and hive tables' creation
+ ];
+}
+
+sub pipeline_analyses {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ return [
+ { -logic_name => 'get_files',
+ -module => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::RunnableDB::JobFactory',
+ -parameters => {
+ 'inputcmd' => 'find '.$self->o('directory').' -type f -name "'.$self->o('only_files').'"',
+ 'numeric' => 0,
+ },
+ -input_ids => [
+ { 'input_id' => { 'filename' => '$RangeStart' }, },
+ ],
+ -flow_into => {
+ 2 => [ 'zipper_unzipper' ], # will create a fan of jobs
+ },
+ },
+
+ { -logic_name => 'zipper_unzipper',
+ -module => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::RunnableDB::SystemCmd',
+ -parameters => {
+ 'cmd' => 'gzip '.($self->o('unzip')?'-d ':'').'#filename#',
+ },
+ -hive_capacity => 10, # allow several workers to perform identical tasks in parallel
+ -input_ids => [
+ # (jobs for this analysis will be flown_into via branch-2 from 'get_tables' jobs above)
+ ],
+ },
+ ];
+}
+
+1;
+