Re: [Open Babel] Use of wild card characters in iBabel GUI ?

[<chr...@bt...>]

   I've updated iBabel and you can download the latest beta from here:
   http://homepage.mac.com/swain/Sites/Macinchem/page65/ibabel3.html
   I thought to start with I'd implement the simplest solution and look at  alternatives later.
   Hope this helps,
   Chris


On 18 Feb 2011, at 15:14, ope...@li... wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:33:19 -0800
> From: Felix Grun <fg...@uc...>
> Subject: [Open Babel] Use of wild card characters in iBabel GUI ?
> To: ope...@li...
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to use iBabel 3.0beta and Open Babel 2.3.0 running on my iMac OSXv10.6 to batch convert .mol files to .pdbqt files for virtual docking.
> 
> If I change directory to a desktop folder containing my structures, I can successfully use "babel" from the terminal to batch convert using the wild card character * for the input file. 
> 
> biologix:~ farpelix$ cd /Users/farpelix/Desktop/Docking/Ligands/Mol_Files/
> biologix:~ farpelix$ babel -imol *.mol -opdbqt -m -gen3D
> 
> However when I use the GUI in iBabel, I cannot use wild card characters in the File Input field. Instead I get an "OpenAndSetFormat" error message in the terminal as follows:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/babel  -imol   '/Users/farpelix/Desktop/Docking/Ligands/Mol_Files/*.mol'  -opdbqt   '/Users/farpelix/Desktop/Docking/Ligands/PDBQT/ligand.pdbqt'     -m    --gen3D 
> 
> -bash: ?: command not found
> biologix:~ farpelix$ /usr/local/bin/babel  -imol   '/Users/farpelix/Desktop/Docking/Ligands/Mol_Files/*.mol'  -opdbqt   '/Users/farpelix/Desktop/Docking/Ligands/PDBQT/ligand.pdbqt'     -m    --gen3D   
> ==============================
> *** Open Babel Error  in OpenAndSetFormat
>  Cannot open /Users/farpelix/Desktop/Docking/Ligands/Mol_Files/*.mol
> 0 molecules converted
> 1 errors
> 
> What is the correct syntax for using wild card characters in iBabel, or do I need to change any settings for babel ?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Felix Grun