What does dorado download --data <pod5_file> do?

[Shians]

Based on the help string

Usage: dorado [--help] [--model VAR] [--models-directory VAR] [--list] [--list-yaml] [--list-structured] [--data VAR] [--recursive] [--overwrite] [--verbose]...

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help          shows help message and exits
  --model             the model to download [nargs=0..1] [default: "all"]
  --models-directory  the directory to download the models into [nargs=0..1] [default: "."]
  --list              list the available models for download
  --list-yaml         list the available models for download, as yaml, to stdout
  --list-structured   list the available models in a structured format, as yaml, to stdout
  --data              path to POD5 data used to automatically select models [nargs=0..1] [default: ""]
  -r, --recursive     recursively scan through directories to load POD5 files
  --overwrite         overwrite existing models if they already exist
  -v, --verbose       [may be repeated]

I expected that using the --data argument would download only the models relevant to that particular pod5. However it appears to download all models. Is this the intended behavior?

[malton-ont]

Hi @Shians,

The --data argument is intended to be using in conjunction with specifying a model complex (e.g. hac,5mC_5hmC) via the --model parameter. See the docs here. We'll look into clarifying the inline documentation for this.

[HalfPhoton]

@Shians, can you clarify what you mean by:

It appears to download all models. Is this the intended behavior?

If you specify --models hac --data reads - all hac models suitable for that condition are downloaded which is intended behaviour.

[Shians]

I had used the data argument without any other argument and it downloaded all models. Thanks for the clarification.