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# Import Valid Names from File OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/species/Valid Names/Import names from file
## DESCRIPTION
### Imports the valid and accepted names of bacterial species from a text file issued by the DSZM. The file is $ARBHOME/lib/LoVPBN.txt. Import is necessary always once. All the names are then stored in a separate database section. This section has to be removed before a newer version of the names list can be imported.
## NOTES
### None
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### If you want to update LoVPBN.txt yourself: download a new version from http://www.dsmz.de/download/bactnom/names.txt convert line-feed-characters to unix convention (see 'man dos2unix') overwrite $ARBHOME/lib/LoVPBN.txt lines above ABIOTROPHA are ignored
## BUGS
### No bugs known