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Create a combined .bam header

Source: R/align_target.R
combined_header.Rd

This function generates a combined header from multiple .bam files from different reference libraries (e.g. a split bacterial library). It is not intended for use by users.

Usage

combined_header(bam_files, header_file = "header_tmp.sam")

Arguments

bam_files

A character vector of the locations/file names of .bam files from which to combine the headers.

header_file

A file name and location for the output file for the combined header. This will be a .sam format file without any reads. Defaults to 'header_tmp.sam'.

Value

This function will return a combined header from all the supplied .bam files.