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bl_sam_skip_header(3)	    Library Functions Manual	   bl_sam_skip_header(3)

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)

							   bl_sam_skip_header(3)

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