msconvert:Conversion

The aim of conversion is to convert a format (in this case a Mass Spectrometry File) into a standardized (mzML) format.
The converter is based on proteowizard image

Input Files:

It works for three types of input. Something could be written on this side

Folder with .d/.D extention

• It refers to a mass spectrometry file format, which is stored in a folder with a .d extension. For instance, instruments like Agilent MassHunter generate output files organized within a folder that carries the .d extension.
• The folder needs to be converted to .tar extention with maintaining the name < name of folder >.d.tar
  
• Example:
  If the name of the main folder is test_folder_1.D, then name of the .tar file should be test_folder_1.D.tar

Raw File

• It refers to the file with .RAW or .raw extention. For instance, instrument such as Thermo Scientific produces .RAW file
  
• The File can be directly used for conversion.
  

WIFF File

• It refers to the file that requires another secondary file i.e. .wiff and .wiff.scan extention.
  
• Both of the files need to be compressed together into .tar extention.
  
• Example:
  If the main file is named test_file_1.wiff, both the .wiff and .wiff.scan files should be compressed into a .tar archive, with the resulting file named test_file_1.tar