bamrescue
Utility to check BAM files for corruption and repair by skipping corrupted BGZF blocks
Utility to check BAM files for corruption and repair by skipping corrupted BGZF blocks
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bamrescue is a command-line tool that inspects Binary Alignment/Map (BAM) files for corruption. It leverages the BGZF structure (concatenated gzip blocks) to skip over corrupted sections using CRC32 checksums, rescuing as much valid data as possible.
Summary
Utility to check BAM files for corruption and repair by skipping corrupted BGZF blocks
Last Updated
Sep 14, 2025 at 08:23
License
ISC
Total Downloads
381
Supported Platforms
GitHub Repository
https://github.com/Arkanosis/bamrescueDocumentation
https://github.com/Arkanosis/bamrescue