formatdb   arguments:

  -t  Title for database file [String]  Optional
  -i  Input file(s) for formatting [File In]  Optional
  -l  Logfile name: [File Out]  Optional
    default = formatdb.log
  -p  Type of file
         T - protein   
         F - nucleotide [T/F]  Optional
    default = T
  -o  Parse options
         T - True: Parse SeqId and create indexes.
         F - False: Do not parse SeqId. Do not create indexes.
 [T/F]  Optional
    default = F
  -a  Input file is database in ASN.1 format (otherwise FASTA is expected)
         T - True, 
         F - False.
 [T/F]  Optional
    default = F
  -b  ASN.1 database in binary mode
         T - binary, 
         F - text mode.
 [T/F]  Optional
    default = F
  -e  Input is a Seq-entry [T/F]  Optional
    default = F
  -n  Base name for BLAST files [String]  Optional
  -v  Number of sequence bases to be created in the volume [Integer]  Optional
    default = 0
    range from 0 to 2147483647
  -s  Create indexes limited only to accessions - sparse [T/F]  Optional
    default = F
  -V  Verbose: check for non-unique string ids in the database [T/F]  Optional
    default = F
  -A  Create ASN.1 structured deflines [T/F]  Optional
    default = T
  -L  Create an alias file with this name
        use the gifile arg (below) if set to calculate db size
        use the BLAST db specified with -i (above) [File Out]  Optional
  -F  Gifile (file containing list of gi's) [File In]  Optional
  -B  Binary Gifile produced from the Gifile specified above [File Out]  Optional