test.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "emboss.h"

static AjPStr getUniqueFileName(void);

int main (int argc, char **argv) {
  AjPSeqall seqall;
  AjPSeqout seqout;
  AjPSeq seq = NULL;

  embInitPV("ctest", argc, argv, "CORY", "1.0.0");

  seqall = ajAcdGetSeqall("sequence");
  seqout = ajAcdGetSeqoutall("outseq");

  // [START] make temporary multi-fasta file
  AjPStr     tmp = NULL;
  AjPStr     tmpFileName = NULL;
  AjPSeqout  fil_file;
  ajint      nb = 0;
  AjBool     are_prot = ajFalse;
  ajint      size = 0;

  fil_file = ajSeqoutNew();
  tmpFileName = getUniqueFileName();

  if( !ajSeqoutOpenFilename(fil_file, tmpFileName) ) {
    embExitBad();
  }

  tmp = ajStrNewC("fasta");
  ajSeqoutSetFormatS(fil_file, tmp);

  while (ajSeqallNext(seqall, &seq)) {
    if (!nb) {
      are_prot  = ajSeqIsProt(seq);
    }
    ajSeqoutWriteSeq(fil_file, seq);
    ++nb;
  }
  ajSeqoutClose(fil_file);
  ajSeqoutDel(&fil_file);

  if (nb < 2) {
    ajFatal("Multiple alignments need at least two sequences");
  }
  // [END] make temporary multi-fasta file


  // your code...


  ajSysFileUnlinkS(tmpFileName);

  ajSeqoutClose(seqout);

  ajSeqallDel(&seqall);
  ajSeqDel(&seq);
  ajSeqoutDel(&seqout);

  embExit();

  return 0;
}



static AjPStr getUniqueFileName(void) {
  static char ext[2] = "A";
  AjPStr filename    = NULL;

  ajFmtPrintS(&filename, "%08d%s",getpid(), ext);

  if( ++ext[0] > 'Z' ) {
    ext[0] = 'A';
  }

  return filename;
}