NAME

       cif-validate - Validate the content of a mmCIF file

SYNOPSIS

       cif-validate [OPTION] file

DESCRIPTION

       The mmCIF format is not really new, but the implementation of this format has been taken
       up slowly. Unfornately, the knowledge of the ins and outs of the format are still poorly
       understood and many files written contain errors.

       cif-validate can be used to help debug the creation of mmCIF files. By default it uses the
       dictionary provided by libcifpp (which may be updated automatically, depending on your
       installion). But you can also specify your own dictionary file using the --dict option.

OPTIONS

       --dict=<file>
              The mmCIF dictionary file to use. The default is mmcif_pdbx_v50.

       --validate-links
              Validate all links. Will output information about missing parent category items.

       --verbose,-v
              Be more verbose, useful to diagnose validation errors.

AUTHOR

       Written by Maarten L. Hekkelman <maarten@hekkelman.com>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at https://github.com/PDB-REDO/cif-tools/issues

SEE ALSO

       cif-diff, cif-drop, cif-grep, cif-merge, cif2pdb, mmCQL, pdb2cif.