rbamtools (version 2.0.1)

bamClose: bamClose(bamReader), bamClose(bamWriter)

Description

Closes open connection from bamReader (or bamWriter) to .bam file.

Usage

bamClose(object)

Arguments

object

An instance of class bamReader or bamWriter.

Details

Closing a connection also deletes the stored index. A closed connection can only be reopened by creating a new bamReader (or bamWriter) object.

Examples

bam_file <- system.file("extdata", "accepted_hits.bam", package="rbamtools")
reader<-bamReader(bam_file)
align<-getNextAlign(reader)
bamClose(reader)