Erick, The current use for these config settings is fairly limited, and sort of a stop-gap measure ( fairly weak, but somewhat useful ) until we provide a more ideal solution ( currently in progress ). The "library_import_dir" setting is for an admin user only, and it can point to a directory on the Galaxy server where files can be placed for uploading into a library. It allows for uploading a complete directory of files instead of 1 file at a time ( or a sub-directory within the directory pointed to by the config setting ). The "user_library_import_dir"setting is for non-admin users that have files ( e.g., a set of sequence runs ) that they want to upload to a library. The Galaxy admin should create subdirectories within this directory ( pointed to by the config setting ) that are named the same as the non-admin user's Galaxy account ( email ). The non-admin users can then ftp their files into their specified directory, and upload the directory of files into a library ( assuming the Galaxy admin has given them the "library add" privilege on the folder to which they are uploading ). Greg Erick Antezana wrote:
Greg,
I managed to create and share some libraries. However, it was not that clear to me how the library_import_dir and user_library_import_dir should be used and what do they mean to the user interacting through the web interface.... Could you please comment a bit on it?
thanks, Erick