Michael Rusch wrote: 
This approach will allow for multiple users to
have access to a single dataset on disk.  
    

Will it also be possible for a single user to "upload" a dataset into more
than one history of their own?  That would be tremendously helpful to me.

Michael

Sure, users will be able to import a dataset from a library into any number of their histories.  An early implementation of the library is available on our test server at http://test.g2.bx.psu.edu/.  Look at the "Access Libraries" tool in the "Get Data" section.  You should see a library from which you can import a couple of datasets into any of your histories.

Greg Von Kuster
Galaxy Development Team


  
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From: galaxy-user-bounces@bx.psu.edu [mailto:galaxy-user-
bounces@bx.psu.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Von Kuster
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 8:30 AM
To: James Casbon
Cc: galaxy-user@bx.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [galaxy-user] accessing data from the filesystem

Hello James,

The current Galaxy distribution does not allow for accessing data on the
file system without uploading it.  However, Galaxy will soon include
support for what we are calling "dataset libraries", which will provide
this behavior.  Using dataset libraries, a Galaxy administrator will
upload datasets into a library ( a subdirectory of datasets to which
Galaxy points ), and users will be able to access the datasets by
"uploading" them into their histories.  This "uploading" process will
not make a copy of the dataset, however, but will be a sort of pointer
to the dataset on disk.  This approach will allow for multiple users to
have access to a single dataset on disk.  We are well into the
implementation of these new features, and they should be available in
the Galaxy distribution within the next few weeks.

Greg Von Kuster
Galaxy Development Team


James Casbon wrote:
    
Hi,

Is it possible to access data on the filesystem without uploading it.
i.e. I install galaxy locally, and then want to refer to some huge
fasta file on disk.  At the moment, I can upload it, which is slow and
creates two copies.  Can I just point galaxy at it somehow?

thanks,
James
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