[BioC] scanBamHeader for File on Internet

[Martin Morgan]

On 01/10/2012 09:00 PM, Dario Strbenac wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to use methods such as scanBamHeader on a BAM file
> that is described by an URL ? I only notice it taking file path
> arguments. I have the BAM file and its .bai file in a directory on a
> web server.

Hi Dario -- Yes this should work, just provide the url as a character(1),

   fl = "http://..."  ## or ftp if that's what the server serves
   scanBamHeader(fl)

The vignette illustrates this.

Martin

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