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Owens Information Transition

Owens cluster will be decommissioned on February 3, 2025. Some pages may still reference Owens after Owens is decommissioned , and we are in the process of gradually updating the content. Thank you for your patience during this transition

BamTools

BamTools provides both a programmer's API and an end-user's toolkit for handling BAM files.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of BamTools are available on OSC clusters:

Version Owens Pitzer
2.2.2  X*  
2.3.0   X*
* Current default version

You can use module spider bamtools to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.

Access

BamTools is available to all OSC users. If you have any questions, please contact OSC Help.

Publisher/Vendor/Repository and License Type

Derek Barnett, Erik Garrison, Gabor Marth, and Michael Stromberg/ Open Source

Usage

Usage on Owens

Set-up

To configure your environment for use of BamTools, run the following command: module load bamtools. The default version will be loaded. To select a particular BamTools version, use module load bamtools/version. For example, use module load bamtools/2.2.2 to load BamTools 2.2.2.

Usage on Pitzer

Set-up

To configure your environment for use of BamTools, run the following command: module load bamtools. The default version will be loaded.

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