Re: [galaxy-dev] Import files from local file system

> > I noticed the recent update to Galaxy that allowed users to put data on > the galaxy FTP server and then import it into their history. > > Would it be possible to use a similar mechanism to import data from the > galaxy host file system but not use an FTP daemon? In our case we we > would like to mount a volume to the galaxy file server and allow people > to cp or mv data into it and then be able to import the data into their > history. Have you looked into "Data Libraries" ? There is also an option to allow uploading files by a non-admin user. For details see the "# -- Data Libraries" section in the 'universe_wsgi.ini' file. Regards, Hans > For example, In the context of the example at > http://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/wiki/Config/UploadViaFTP > could you set up a directory called > '/home/nate/galaxy_dist/database/localfs/' instead of > '/home/nate/galaxy_dist/database/ftp/' which contained email named > directories and the files in these in these would be available to import > via the upload UI? Or is it all tied into FTP? > > Thanks for any advice, > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > galaxy-dev mailing list > galaxy-dev(a)lists.bx.psu.edu > http://lists.bx.psu.edu/listinfo/galaxy-dev