samtools c++ api

[wokai001]

I would like to read and write bam files within c++. For that I downloaded the source code files and tried to get the SAMtools Example c program running.

Upon compiling I get an Error message

../src/samtools/bam_reheader.c: In function ‘bam_reheader’:
../src/samtools/bam_reheader.c:28: error: ‘BGZF’ has no member named ‘x’

In "bam_reheader" I found:

// line 10: BGZF *fp;
#ifdef _USE_KNETFILE
	while ((len = knet_read(in->x.fpr, buf, BUF_SIZE)) > 0)
#else
	while (!feof(in->file) && (len = fread(buf, 1, BUF_SIZE, in->file)) > 0)
#endif
		fwrite(buf, 1, len, fp->x.fpw);           // this is line 28

where line 28 obviously is not affected by the definition of _USE_KNETFILE.

Upon looking up the definition of BGZF which is located in "bgzf.h", I found the following:

#ifdef _USE_KNETFILE
	union {
		knetFile *fpr;
		FILE *fpw;
	} x;

So, when _USE_KNETFILE is not declared, the member x is not included in the declaration of BGZF but expected to exist later on. At first sight, this seems to be an error in the source code.

Did anyone else encounter this problem or does anyone know a solution?

Thanks very much.
Wolfgang

[nilshomer]

Try posting to the samtools help list: samtools-help@lists.sourceforge.net

[wokai001]

Originally Posted by nilshomer

Try posting to the samtools help list: samtools-help@lists.sourceforge.net

Yes, I Found the SourceForge support Site with your remark.
Sent a copy of the post.

Thank you
Wolfgang