pxblat.build_index(gfx_file: str, seq_files: list[str], options: ServerOption)[source]

To generate a precomputed index.

gfServer index gfidx file(s)

where the files are .2bit or .nib format files. Separate indexes are be created for untranslated and translated queries. These can be used with a persistent server as with ‘start -indexFile or a dynamic server. They must follow the naming convention for for dynamic servers.