Using --mask option does not change the output

[irarun]

Hello,

I've run ReLERNN both with and without the --mask option, yet I've obtained identical results (same window size and the resulting table with nSites). For --mask option I provide a .bed file containing masked transposable elements obtained from EDTA.
In the log file, I notice the following message:

'Accessibility mask found: calculating the proportion of the genome that is masked...
44.0% of the genome inaccessible'

Despite this, there is no impact on the output. Could you shed some light on why this might be the case?

[andrewkern]

what do you mean that there is no impact on output?

[xingguowu]

maybe, he means the outputs are same with different parameter