diff mothur/tools/mothur/merge.groups.xml @ 2:e990ac8a0f58

Migrated tool version 1.19.0 from old tool shed archive to new tool shed repository

--- a/mothur/tools/mothur/merge.groups.xml	Tue Jun 07 17:35:35 2011 -0400
+++ b/mothur/tools/mothur/merge.groups.xml	Tue Jun 07 17:39:06 2011 -0400
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<tool id="mothur_merge_groups" name="Merge.groups" version="1.16.0" >
+<tool id="mothur_merge_groups" name="Merge.groups" version="1.19.0" >
  <description>Merge groups in a shared file</description>
  <command interpreter="python">
   mothur_wrapper.py 
@@ -92,8 +92,20 @@
 
 **Command Documenation**
 
-The merge.groups_ command reads a shared file and a design file and merges the groups in the shared file that are in the same grouping in the design file.
+The merge.groups_ command reads a shared_ file and a design file and merges the groups in the shared file that are in the same grouping in the design file.
 
+A design file partitions a list of names into groups.  It is a tab-delimited file with 2 columns: name and group, e.g. :
+        ======= =======
+        duck    bird
+        cow     mammal
+        pig     mammal
+        goose   bird
+        cobra   reptile
+        ======= =======
+
+The Make_Design tool can construct a design file from a Mothur dataset that contains group names.
+
+.. _shared: http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Shared_file
 .. _merge.groups: http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Merge.groups
 
  </help>