Introduction¶

The pipeline module is a lightweight way to add support for running computational pipelines.

Features¶

The pipeline provides automatic support for

Managing dependencies

Parallel jobs

Re-starting from arbitrary points, especially after errors

Display of the pipeline as a flowchart

Reporting

In order to install the extension, download the latest sources from TODO or check out the latest code from svn:

svn checkout http://ruffus.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ruffus-read-only

or ask to be a project member and enter your google name:

svn checkout https://ruffus.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ruffus --username yourname

To install, type:

python setup.py build
python setup.py install