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kart file in prefetch

to download files from SRA by sra toolkit , there is a tool that named "prefetch". its command contains "kart file". https://trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/sra/sra.cgi?view=toolkit_doc&f=prefetch What ia kart file? and its format?

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updated by Biostar Biostar • written by zh.khodadadi • zh.khodadadi

Kart aka Cart file is mentioned here on the NCBI webpages.

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written by Sej Modha Sej Modha

this seems to me like one of this comprehensively documented features of ncbi utilities... While I was trying to understand how the heck such a kart file is supposed to look like this is probably the best advice I got from Sej Modha's comment "in addition to bulk download with cart-file, the prefetch can also run with individual SRA accession, which is often preferred method for program/script directed automatic download. "

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