trying dev null

Author: toniher

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 oldbin
 log
-singularity
+apptainer/
+singularity/
 work
 trace*
 *report*

modules/local/exorthist/align_pairs.nf

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ process PARSE_IPA_PROT_ALN {
     path "${sp1.name}-${sp2.name}_EXs_to_split_part_*.txt", emit: EXs_to_split
 
     script:
-    def prev_alignments = prevaln.name != 'NO_FILE' ? "${prevaln}" : ''
+    def prev_alignments = prevaln.name != 'null' ? "${prevaln}" : ''
     def cls_parts = cls_part_file.name.split("_")
     def dist_range_par
 

subworkflows/local/exorthist/align.nf

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ workflow ALIGN {
     if (prevaln) {
         prevaln_ch = Channel.fromPath(prevaln, type: 'dir', checkIfExists: true).collect()
     } else {
-        prevaln_ch = Channel.fromPath("/path/to/NO_FILE").collect()
+        prevaln_ch = Channel.fromPath("/dev/null").collect()
     }
 
     // the last argument is the protein similarity alignment.