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bl_gff3_skip_header(3)	    Library Functions Manual	  bl_gff3_skip_header(3)

NAME
     bl_gff3_skip_header() - Read past header in a GFF3 file

LIBRARY
     #include <biolibc/gff3.h>
     -lbiolibc -lxtend

SYNOPSIS
     FILE    *bl_gff3_skip_header(FILE *gff3_stream)

ARGUMENTS
     gff3_stream  FILE pointer to the open GFF file

DESCRIPTION
     Skip  over  header lines in GFF input stream.  The FILE pointer gff3_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_gff3_read(3), bl_gff3_copy_header(3)

							  bl_gff3_skip_header(3)

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