---
name: "mrs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mrs"
version: "6.0.5+dfsg-7+b2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mrs"
---

# mrs(1)

A tool to build and manipulate a MRS 6 server and its data files

## NAME

mrs - A tool to build and manipulate a MRS 6 server and its data files

## SYNOPSIS

- **mrs** *command* \[*options*\] \[*args*\]

  ## OVERVIEW

MRS is a full text indexing toolkit. It is used to index large, text based databanks containing biological or medical information.

Run \`mrs help\` to access the built-in tool documentation.

## INSTALLATION

Before using MRS the first time, you should set the administrator password for the web application. You can do so by typing e.g.:

**mrs password mrs-dba**

This will prompt you for a password and store it in the **mrs-config.xml** file. You can use then use this username/password combination to log in to the admin pages.

## FILES

- **/etc/mrs//mrs-config.xml**

  file containing all the configuration details.

- **/var/lib/mrs/mrs**

  directory containing the MRS data files.

- **/var/lib/mrs/raw**

  directory containing a mirror of the raw data.

- **/var/lib/mrs/parsers**

  directory containing the MRS parser script.

- **/var/lib/mrs/docroot**

  directory containing HTML templates for the web server.

- **/var/lib/mrs/log**

  directory containing log files for the web server.

- **/var/lib/mrs/blast-cache**

  directory containing cached blast results.

## AUTHOR

Maarten L. Hekkelman (m.hekkelman (at) cmbi.ru.nl)