another fastq-dump error (bad version)

[ocs]

Hello folks,

I downloaded SRA files from the following experiment:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra?term=SRP007506

But when I try to convert them to fastq files, I get the following error messages, complaining about a bad version (of what?):

fastq-dump SRR314741.sra
2011-08-04T07:32:00 fastq-dump.2.0.1 err: header bad version while validating header within database module - Failed to open index 'skey'
2011-08-04T07:32:00 fastq-dump.2.0.1 err: param bad version while executing function within virtual database module - Failed SRR314741

I assume that the SRA files don't match the fastq-dump version but how can I find out the right version to use?

Thanks in advance,
Oliver

[ocs]

Ok, I found out that the data is that new (from july 2011) that one has to use the newest version of fastq-dump (also july 2011). Then it works (ok, afterwards its pretty obvious). I think the error messages should be clearer or there should be an explanation on the site. When googling for this message I couldn't find any hit.

[carmeyeii]

this system is hideous.