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Also in the optimized process, I would recommend adding rm of intermediate files if temp files are used.
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Thanks for the reviews @mahesh-panchal and @ewels Let me know if there is anything else that can be improved (and that I've captured your comments correctly) |
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| Nextflow's built-in `clean` command enables targeted removal of work directories. The following command preserves work directories from the current execution while removing directories from previous executions: | ||
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I just learned there's a last keyword so one doesn't need $(nextflow log -q | tail -n 1)
It's barely documented. https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/cli.html#execution-logs
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