name
      delila: the librarian for sequence manipulation

synopsis
      delila(inst: in, book: out, listing: out,
             lib1: in, cat1: in,
             lib2: in, cat2: in,
             lib3: in, cat3: in,
             output: out, debug: out)

files
      inst: instructions written in the language delila that tell the
         program delila what sequences to pull out of the library.
      book: the set of sequences pulled out of the library.
      listing: the instructions are listed along with errors found or
         actions taken.
      lib1: the first library from which to obtain sequences
      cat1: the first catalogue, corresponding to lib1
      lib2: the second library
      cat2: the second catalogue, corresponding to lib2
      lib3: the third library
      cat3: the third catalogue, corresponding to lib3
      debug: traces through the actions taken, for debugging delila
         (only produced if constant debugging is true.)
      output: messages to the user

description
      delila is a data base manager for nucleic acid sequences.  it takes
      a set of instructions, written in the language delila (deoxyribonucleic
      acid library language) and a large set of sequences called a library.
      the output is a listing of the actions taken (or errors) corresponding
      to the instructions, and a "book" containing the sequences desired.

examples
      see the documentation

documentation
      libdef (defines delila), delman.intro, delman.use, delman.construction

see also
      catal, loocat

author
      thomas d. schneider, gary d. stormo and paul morrisett
      useful suggestions by jeff haemer

bugs
      there are many known bugs in delila.  most are related to extracting
      linear fragments of circular sequences.  we are designing a second
      version of delila which should solve these problems.
         the following features are not available in this program:
      recognition classes and enzymes, markers,
      automatic printing to the book of structures that intersect a piece,
      get all (for org, chr, rec and enz), get every and if.