def snpsFinder(fastaPath, outDir, lockDirPath):

    #get all tools
    tools = workerForBam.getToolsDict()

    #get all scaffold folder names inside fasta dir
    fastaDirs = workerForBam.getAllFastas(fastaPath)

    #file containing snpfinder job for each scaffold
    snpsFinderJobFileName = fastaPath.split('/')[-1]+"SNPFinderJobs.jobs"
    print snpsFinderJobFileName + ' job file to be created '
    try:
        #open the snpsFinderJob file
        snpsFinderJobFile = open(outDir + snpsFinderJobFileName, 'w')

        for fastaDir in fastaDirs:
            #get fasta file path
            fastaFilePath = fastaPath + fastaDir + "/" + fastaDir + ".fasta"
            writeJob(snpsFinderJobFile, fastaFilePath, lockDirPath, tools)
        snpsFinderJobFile.close()    
        
    except IOError as (errno, strerror):
        print "I/O error({0}): {1}".format(errno, strerror)        
        return -1
def writeCombineFastqJobs(outDir, fastqDir, fastaPath, lockDirPath):
    combinedBAMJobsName = 'combinedBAMJob.jobs'
    combinedBAMJobsPath = os.path.join(outDir, combinedBAMJobsName)
    tools = workerForBam.getToolsDict()
    #contained all fastas against which to map the fastqs
    fastaFilePaths = []    
    #fastaPath contains all .fasta inside a dir with same name as fasta
    #get all fasta name without ext ".fasta" in a list
    fastaDirs = workerForBam.getAllFastas(fastaPath)
    for fastaDir in fastaDirs:
        #get fasta File Path        
        fastaFilePath = fastaPath + fastaDir + "/" + fastaDir + ".fasta"
        fastaFilePaths.append(fastaFilePath)
    print 'fastaFilePaths: ', fastaFilePaths
    with open(combinedBAMJobsPath, 'w') as combinedBAMJobsFile:
        dirContents = os.listdir(fastqDir)
        for fileName in dirContents:
            fastqPath = os.path.join(fastqDir, fileName)
            if os.path.isfile(fastqPath) and\
                    fileName.endswith('fastq'):
                for fastaFilePath in fastaFilePaths:
                    workerForBam.writeJob(combinedBAMJobsFile, fastaFilePath,\
                                              fastqPath, lockDirPath, tools)
    return combinedBAMJobsPath