MANUAL: apt-copynumber-analysis (1.14.2)

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Introduction

apt-copynumber-analysis is a component of the CN5 suite of applications for finding de novo copy number changes and Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH) on a per sample basis with respect to a reference set of samples. The copy number algorithm it implements assumes that the reference set comprises a mix of normal human males (with XY chromosomes) and normal human females (with XX chromosomes). The algorithms assume that in this reference for each autosomal marker (SNP or Copy Number probe) the predominant Copy Number is 2, and for the sex chromosomes the copy number is determined by the gender.

apt-copynumber-analysis implements the portion of the workflow that generates cn-state, loh, and gaussian smooth values for each probe set.

Most users will probably want to use apt-copynumber-workflow which provides a complete copynumber analysis from CEL files to CNCHP files.

Quick Start

The basic requirements for a run of apt-copynumber-analysis are:

On unix systems a basic command using the default parameters to do a batch run on GenomeWide SNP 6.0 data would look like:

apt-copynumber-analysis \
    --array-name GenomeWideSNP_6 \
    --text-output true \
    --set-analysis-name Test \
    --log2ratio-file input_directory/Test.NA06985_GW6_C.cel.a5 \
    --out-dir output_directory_name

Options:

  ./apt-copynumber-analysis \
		 -v 3 \
		 --geno-qc-file test-generated/GenomeWideSNP_6/component_6_cels/apt-geno-qc.txt \
		 --cnchp-output true \
		 --cychp-output false \
		 --text-output false \
		 --log2ratio-file test-generated/GenomeWideSNP_6/component_6_cels/CN5.NA07019_GW6_C.CEL.a5 \
		 -our-dir test-generated/GenomeWideSNP_6/component_6_cels

options:
 Common Options (not used by all programs)
   -h, --help                           Display program options and extra
                          documentation about possible analyses. See
                          -explain for information about a specific
                          operation. [default 'false'] 
   -v, --verbose How verbose to be with status messages 0 -
                          quiet, 1 - usual messages, 2 - more
                          messages. [default '1'] 
     --console-off Turn off the default messages to the 
                          console but not logging or sockets. 
                          [default 'false'] 
     --use-socket Host and port to print messages over in
                          localhost:port format [default ''] 
     --version Display version information. [default
                          'false'] 
   -f, --force Disable various checks including chip 
                          types. Consider using --chip-type option
                          rather than --force. [default 'false'] 
     --throw-exception Throw an exception rather than calling
                          exit() on error. Useful for debugging. This
                          option is intended for command line use
                          only. If you are wrapping an Engine and 
                          want exceptions thrown, then you should 
                          call Err::setThrowStatus(true) to ensure
                          that all Err::errAbort() calls result in an
                          exception. [default 'false'] 
     --analysis-files-path Search path for analysis library files. 
                          Will override AFFX_ANALYSIS_FILES_PATH
                          environment variable. [default ''] 
     --xml-file Input parameters in XML format (Will
                          override command line settings). [default
                          ''] 
     --temp-dir Directory for temporary files when working
                          off disk. Using network mounted drives is
                          not advised. When not set, the output 
                          folder will be used. The defaut is 
                          typically the output directory or the
                          current working directory. [default ''] 
   -o, --out-dir Directory for output files. Defaults to
                          current working directory. [default '.'] 
     --log-file The name of the log file. Generally 
                          defaults to the program name in the out-dir
                          folder. [default ''] 
 Engine Options (Not used on command line)
     --command-line The command line executed. [default ''] 
     --exec-guid The GUID for the process. [default ''] 
     --program-name The name of the program [default ''] 
     --program-company The company providing the program [default
                          ''] 
     --program-version The version of the program [default ''] 
     --program-cvs-id The CVS version of the program [default ''] 
     --version-to-report The version to report in the output files.
                          [default ''] 
     --free-mem-at-start How much physical memory was available when
                          the engine run started. [default '0'] 
     --meta-data-info Meta data in key=value pair that will be
                          output in headers. [default ''] 
 Input Options
     --log2ratio-file Log2Ratio file. [default ''] 
 Analysis Options
   -a, --analysis String representing analysis pathway
                          desired. [default ''] 
     --gc-correction-bin-count The number of bins to use for GC content.
                          [default '25'] 
 Advanced Options
     --xChromosome X Chromosome. [default '24'] 
     --yChromosome Y Chromosome. [default '25'] 
 Execution Control Options
     --mem-usage How many MB of memory to use for this run.
                          [default '0'] 
 Additional CNAnalysisEngine Options
     --geno-qc-file The file output from GenoQC. [default ''] 
     --cyto2 Processing CYTO2 chip. [default 'false'] 
     --array-name Array name or type to use. [default ''] 
     --set-analysis-name Analysis name to use as prefix for output
                          files. [default ''] 
     --text-output Output data in ASCII text format in 
                          addition to calvin format. [default 
                          'false'] 
     --cnchp-output Report CNCHP files [default 'true'] 
     --cychp-output Report CYCHP files [default 'false'] 
     --time-start The time the engine run was started 
                          [default ''] 
     --time-end The time the engine run ended [default ''] 
     --time-run-minutes The run time in minutes. [default ''] 
     --analysis-guid The GUID for the analysis run. [default ''] 

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