Assume I have a large BAM file (foo_sorted_by_pos.bam) sorted by chromosomal coordinates. Occasionally, but more than once, I need to sort this by read names (foo_sorted_by_name.bam) but I don't want to keep the latter around (to save disk space).
Conceptually would it be possible to store a "pos-to-name index map" that can be reused to speedup the pos-to-name sorting and that is much smaller (than foo_sorted_by_name.bam)? Would this work/make a difference with the BAM file format? If so, may I ask for it to be put on the wishlist of things to be added? Thanks, Henrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Samtools-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/samtools-help
