What is the final output file? Where are the final bins located?

[winatony]

Hello,

I am trying to parse the output of the MetaBinner tool. My output directory has three folders:

1. ensemble_res
2. unitem_profile
3. intermediate_result

I also see a number of files produced, one of which is metabinner_result.tsv, however the mag number does not match the bin names found in the unitem_profile bin directory, but does seem to match the bins in the ensemble_res/greedy_cont_weight_3_mincomp_50.0_maxcont_15.0_bins/ensemble_3logtrans/X_t_logtrans_greedy_cont_weight_3_mincomp_50.0_maxcont_15.0_bins folder

My questions are:

• Are the bins in the later folder the final bins? It's strange that they are not written to a folder located in the output directory like the metabinner_result.tsv file is.
• Can I assume that metabinner_result.tsv are the final bin assignments?
• Why are the uniteM bin names not the same as the bin names in the metabinner_result.tsv file?

Thank you!

[winatony]

I was able to look through previously closed comments and find what I needed. A detailed description of the final output and some directory/output restructuring would likely help anyone else who is trying to use this tool.

Thank you for making it, I looks to have done its job well.

[EloiseEsox]

I agree - @winatony where did you find this final output? MetaBinner does not appear to finished the run and I am attempting to diagnose which outputs are missing.