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+<tables>
+    <!-- Locations of all fasta files under genome directory -->
+    <table name="all_fasta" comment_char="#">
+        <columns>value, dbkey, name, path</columns>
+        <file path="tool-data/all_fasta.loc" />
+    </table>
+    <!-- Locations of all liftOver files -->
+    <table name="liftOver" comment_char="#">
+        <columns>value, dbkey, name</columns>
+        <file path="tool-data/liftOver.loc" />
+    </table>
+</tables>