Added README.txt and meta.txt

Updated parse.pl to output UTF-8.
duckduckgo · May 22, 2012 · 58f64e9 · 58f64e9
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diff --git a/hgnc_gene_names/README.txt b/hgnc_gene_names/README.txt
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+DuckDuckGo zeroclickinfo-fathead/hgnc_gene_names
+
+
+----------------------------------------
+Required Tools (must be in path)
+----------------------------------------
+wget
+gzip
+perl (tested with 5.12)
+
+
+----------------------------------------
+Required Perl Modules
+----------------------------------------
+IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
diff --git a/hgnc_gene_names/meta.txt b/hgnc_gene_names/meta.txt
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+Name: HGNC Gene Names
+Domain: www.genenames.org
+Type: Human Gene Name
+MediaWiki: 0
+Keywords: HGNC, human gene, gene
diff --git a/hgnc_gene_names/parse.pl b/hgnc_gene_names/parse.pl
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ sub error {
 $outfh->open(">$outfile") or die "Could not open $outfile for output\n";
 trace("opened output file $outfile for writing");
 
+# put output file in utf8 mode
+$outfh->binmode(":utf8");
 
 # parse header line
 my $headerline = <$infh>;