read.dist no longer available

Hi,
I tried to use this command, but mothur told me: This command is no longer available. You can provide your distance files directly to the downstream commands like cluster. But can’t do the following command because I did’t read in the dist file.

Here is the commands:
mothur > read.dist(phylip=bacteria_all.dist, cutoff=0.03, name=bacteria_all.names)

This command is no longer available. You can provide your distance files directly to the downstream commands like cluster.

mothur > cluster()

No valid current files. You must provide a phylip or column file before you can use the cluster command.
[ERROR]: did not complete cluster.

What should I do?
Thanks!

Hello,

I think you do not have to read in the distance file anymore in the newer versions of Mothur.

Why not just run cluster(phylip=yourfile, name=yourfile.names) or cluster(column=yourfile, name=yourfile.names) ??

Best regards,
Antti Rissanen