Popdata.bf

Users often seek help with error messages involving this file. Here are the most frequent ones:

If you have determined the file is unnecessary or malicious: popdata.bf

Here’s a simplified example template:

<beast>
    <run>
        <!-- Specify your data file -->
        <data file="path/to/your/data.xml" />
<!-- Specify model and priors -->
        <model>
            <!-- Coalescent model with constant population size -->
            <coalescentModel>
                <!-- Tree prior -->
                <prior id="coalescentPrior" xsi:type="Exponential" mean="1.0" />
            </coalescentModel>
<!-- Substitution model -->
            <substitutionModel id="HKY" type="HKY" />
        </model>
<!-- MCMC and output settings -->
        <mcmc id="mcmc" chainLength="10000000">
            <chain id="chain" />
            <state id="state" file="state.log" />
            <tree id="tree" file="tree.trees" />
        </mcmc>
    </run>
</beast>