The index is technically optional, you should be able to just skip it
in your output.

("technically" and "should", as some parsers are brittle and will fail
without it - good luck!)

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Ben Temperton <btemper...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jimmy,
>
> I have updated the scan numbers using a new method (attached), but I am
> stuck at changing the offset values for each of the scans in the
> /index/offset elements. I think this is what is causing the 'premature end
> of file' error - by not changing the offsets, MSGF-db can't find the
> spectra.
>
> Any ideas how I can regenerate the index once the poor-quality spectra have
> been removed?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 14 June 2012 10:10:14 UTC-7, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Have you done anything special to handle the scan numbers (which
>> presumably are not consecutive anymore starting from scan 1) and the
>> scan index?  If not, address those and re-test or find out if those
>> are important for MSGF-db.
>>
>>
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