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= InputFile / IFILE =
 
= InputFile / IFILE =
This is our class for file operations.  It hides the underlying file structure from the user.  That way code can generically open and operate on a file using the exact same interface without having to know if the file is standard, gzip, or bgzf format (at least for reading - for writing the user has to specify which type to open).
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This is our class for file operations.  It hides the underlying file structure from the user.  That way code can generically open and operate on a file using the exact same interface without having to know if the file is standard, gzip, or bgzf format (for reading from a file - for reading from stdin and writing, the user has to specify which type to open).
     

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