curl -IL http://yourURL/hub.txt
Note that the Browser waits 5 minutes before checking for any changes to these files. When
editing hub.txt, genomes.txt,and trackDb.txt, you can shorten this delay by adding
udcTimeout=1 to your URL. For more information, see the
Debugging and Updating Track Hubs section of
the Track Hub User Guide.
-The hub.txt file is a configuration file with names, descriptions, and paths to other files,
-The example below uses the setting useOneFile on to indicate that all the settings and paths
-appear in only the hub.txt file as opposed to having two additional settings files (genome.txt and
-trackDb.txt). To see the actual hub.txt file for the above example, click
-here.
useOneFile on to indicate that all the settings
+and paths appear in only the hub.txt file as opposed to having two additional settings files
+(genomes.txt and trackDb.txt). Please visit the UseOneFile guide for more information.
+
The most important settings to make the hub searchable appear in the third section, in what would
formerly be the trackDb.txt file. The searchIndex and searchTrix
indicate which fields are indexed in the bigBed file and where to find the .ix file respectively.
+To see the actual hub.txt file for the above example, click
+here.
hub MyHubsNameWithoutSpaces
shortLabel My Hub's Name
longLabel Name up to 80 characters versus shortLabel limited to 17 characters
-genomesFile genomes.txt
email myEmail@address
descriptionUrl aboutMyHub.html
useOneFile on
genome assembly_database_2
track uniqueNameNoSpacesOrDots
type track_type
bigDataUrl track_data_url
shortLabel label 17 chars
longLabel long label up to 80 chars
visibiltiy hide/dense/squish/pack/full
searchIndex field,field2
searchTrix path/to/.ix/file