Error! metadata file improperly formatted

[Ellouzlab]

Hi -

I installed ufcg using conda, and used the setup commands in the instructions.
I am hit with this error when using the ufcg profile:

ufcg profile -i directory_with_sequences -o outdir

Any insight would be helpful.

[endixk]

Hello,

The error you mentioned normally should not occur when -m option is not given. The program will write a temporary metadata file /tmp/meta_tmp.tsv for you, which is supposed not to be improperly formatted.

There might be two possibilities:

1. Your permission to /tmp directory is improperly set
2. The temporary metadata file was modified or wiped out during the run

If you encounter this error consistently, please run the same command with --dev option and share the results for me to examine further.

[Ellouzlab]

Hi -

I found the issue. Our input directory had a hidden file under the name .assemlinks that led to an improperly formatted metadata table.

Thank you for the help.