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-README
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+README : BAMTOOLS
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-Copy the 4 header files (*.h) and the library file (libbambc.a) to your directory.
+BamTools provides both a programmer's API and an end-user's toolkit for handling
+BAM files.
-When you compile your program, add this to the g++ command:
+I. Learn More
- -lz -L. -lbambc
+II. License
-and you should be good to go. (Those are lower case l's, as in 'lion'.)
+III. Acknowledgements
+
+IV. Contact
+
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+I. Learn More:
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+
+Installation steps, tutorial, API documentation, etc. are all now available
+through the BamTools project wiki:
+
+https://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools/wiki
+
+Join the mailing list(s) to stay informed of updates or get involved with
+contributing:
+
+https://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools/wiki/Mailing-lists
+
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+II. License :
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+
+Both the BamTools API and toolkit are released under the MIT License.
+Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Derek Barnett, Erik Garrison, Gabor Marth,
+ Michael Stromberg
+
+See included file LICENSE for details.
+
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+III. Acknowledgements :
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+
+ * Aaron Quinlan for several key feature ideas and bug fix contributions
+ * Baptiste Lepilleur for the public-domain JSON parser (JsonCPP)
+ * Heng Li, author of SAMtools - the original C-language BAM API/toolkit.
+
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+IV. Contact :
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+
+Feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, suggestions, bug reports,
+ etc.
+
+Derek Barnett
+Marth Lab
+Biology Dept., Boston College
+
+Email: barnetde@bc.edu
+Project Websites: http://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools (ACTIVE SUPPORT)
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/bamtools (major updates only)