Hi Guys! Thanks for the reply - I wrote a simple .xml which allows the import of any file which is accessible by the galaxy process (read permission) and is mounted in the current file system of the galaxy server. in the web-interface you have to type in the absolute path+filename manually- It copies the file into galaxy (unix cp used). The uploaded file is assumed to be a text file and has to be set manually to the correct file format- @nate: Thanks! ill have a look at that too- Greetings, mat <tool id="importer_1" name="Cluster file importer"> <description>copies files from import directory into galaxy</description> <command> cp $source $target 2> $log_report </command> <inputs> <param name="source" type="text" label="Absolute path+filename to file on cluster" optional="false" size="60"/> </inputs> <outputs> <data name="target" format="text" label="Imported file" /> <data format="text" name="log_report" label="Detailed log report from importer"/> </outputs> <help> **What it does** This tool imports a file from the cluster into galaxy. The file will be copied into the galaxy environment, the original file remains on the cluster. **!Important advice!** Please make sure the uploaded file is set to the correct file format! Otherwise tools cannot access this file. This can be done by editing the properties of the uploaded file (pen symbol in the history). The default assumed file format is -text- which might be incorrect it most cases. Please keep although in mind that disk space on the galaxy server is limited. **Example** /home/mat/myfile.fa **Support** Feel free to contact us if you cant upload your files into galaxy. </help> </tool>