NAME

bl_sam_skip_header() - Read past SAM header

LIBRARY

#include <biolibc/sam.h>
-lbiolibc -lxtend

SYNOPSIS

FILE    *bl_sam_skip_header(FILE *sam_stream)

ARGUMENTS

sam_stream  FILE pointer to the open sam file

DESCRIPTION

Skip over header lines in SAM input stream. The FILE pointer sam_stream is advanced to the first character of the first line after the header. The header is copied to a temporary file and and the function returns a FILE pointer to the header stream.

RETURN VALUES

A FILE pointer to a temporary file containing a copy of the header

SEE ALSO

bl_sam_read(3), bl_sam_copy_header(3)