# no_stats is essential if running through piped fh, or while loop never exits; # port only used for offline mode (ensembl site); fork does not give sig. speed # boost (16 sec for 880 row input with fork = 0 and fork = 4); fork _does_ # disrupt sort order of results; fork maybe causing script to hang occasionally; # cache + offline uses local resource (/home/raj/.vep); force_overwrite required # if output file already exists; sift, polyphen, check_existing, coding_only & # regulatory params supplied from web form cache 1 #core_type core # can't find documentation for this opt dir /home/raj/.vep force_overwrite 1 #fork 3 # doesn't help, hinders host ensembldb.ensembl.org no_stats 1 offline 1 output_file stdout port 5306 species homo_sapiens