797000a8e6ef069d3e5a7b5034c0305f0ee97697
hiram
  Wed Apr 29 16:20:51 2026 -0700
enable the startup of the alignment refs #31811

diff --git src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh
index 9e139a4623f..39cb0ccc057 100755
--- src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh
+++ src/hg/utils/otto/userRequests/ottoRequestAlign.sh
@@ -259,19 +259,21 @@
 fi
 
 printf "# buildDir: %s\n" "${buildDir}" 1>&2
 
 # store buildDir in ottoRequest table for workflowMonitor.sh
 hgsql -N -e \
   "UPDATE ottoRequest SET buildDir='${buildDir}', status=2 WHERE id=${requestId};" \
   hgcentraltest
 
 ############################################################################
 # step 5: map clades and build the kegAlignLastz.sh command
 ############################################################################
 export fromCladeArg=$(cladeMap "${fromClade}")
 export toCladeArg=$(cladeMap "${toClade}")
 
-export cmd="kegAlignLastz.sh ${fromId} ${toId} ${fromCladeArg} ${toCladeArg}"
+export cmd="${HOME}/kent/src/hg/utils/automation/kegAlignLastz.sh ${fromId} ${toId} ${fromCladeArg} ${toCladeArg}"
 
-printf "####### kegAlignLastz.sh script would be:\n" 1>&2
-printf "# %s\n" "${cmd}" 1>&2
+printf "# launching: %s\n" "${cmd}" 1>&2
+nohup ${cmd} > "${buildDir}/kegAlign.log" 2>&1 < /dev/null &
+printf "# launched pid %s, log=%s/kegAlign.log\n" "$!" "${buildDir}" 1>&2
+exit 0