Re: [Samtools-help] bz2 files

It is the decompression speed that is slow. On Jan 14, 2015, at 9:52, Magnus Manske wrote: > Is that actual decompression speed, or seeking? Because there is > block-seeking in bzip2, if done right. > > > On 14 Jan 2015, at 14:22, Heng Li wrote: > >> >> Probably not, I guess. Bzip2 is a ba

Re: [Samtools-help] bz2 files

Is that actual decompression speed, or seeking? Because there is block-seeking in bzip2, if done right. On 14 Jan 2015, at 14:22, Heng Li wrote: > > Probably not, I guess. Bzip2 is a bad fit to large-scale data as > decompression is far too slow. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptograph

Re: [Samtools-help] bz2 files

On Jan 13, 2015, at 20:11, Denise Mauldin wrote: > Hi there, > > > I have some VCF files that have been compressed using bzip2. Can I use these > with bcftools? No. You'd better recompress with bgzip. > If not, is this functionality planned? Probably not, I guess. Bzip2 is a bad fit to l

[Samtools-help] bz2 files

Hi there, I have some VCF files that have been compressed using bzip2. Can I use these with bcftools? If not, is this functionality planned? Thanks, Denise -- Denise Mauldin | Software Engineer Institute for Systems Biology | 401 Terry Ave. North, WA 98109 p 206.732.1427 www.systemsbiology.