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Uploading Many Fastq Files
Depending on the assay you may need to upload many fastq files to the portal. In this case you will most likely not want to load each file individually. As a solution, we support loading tarred directories of files. Please make sure the extension on the tarred directory is .tar.fastq.gz .
We recommend dividing up fastq files into multiple directories based on batches (potentially based on biological cohorts) so that other need not download all of your file just to get a specific group of interest.
# Move to the directory using cd
cd /to/where/your/directory/is/located
# tar directory
# This will leave the original directory intact
# Note the additional directory will need extra space on your drive if this is large.
tar -czvf new_name.tar.fastq.gz directory_to_tar
Open up the application called "Terminal" at Applications/Utilities/Terminal and follow the instructions for Linux.
For Windows machines you will need to download a program to create tar archives. Here is a great post to walk you through the process of making a GZip tar archive.