modified sequence class to read fasta files with comments. this required modification...

[mothur.git] / mothur.h

diff --git a/mothur.h b/mothur.h
index ba88f71fabffced9509deed545cecde7228b2b63..5c1880d569eeb7f37089c1a2d418f8fadf7b4ab7 100644 (file)
--- a/mothur.h
+++ b/mothur.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 //exception
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -283,9 +284,6 @@ inline void errorOut(exception& e, string object, string function) {
        
 }
 
-
-
-
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 inline bool isTrue(string f){
@@ -425,7 +423,21 @@ inline string getExtension(string longName){
        
        return extension;
 }
-
+/***********************************************************************/
+inline bool isBlank(string fileName){
+       
+       ifstream fileHandle;
+       fileHandle.open(fileName.c_str());
+       if(!fileHandle) {
+               mothurOut("Error: Could not open " + fileName);  mothurOutEndLine();
+               return false;
+       }else {
+               //check for blank file
+               gobble(fileHandle);
+               if (fileHandle.eof()) { fileHandle.close(); return true;  }
+       }
+       return false;
+}
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 inline int openInputFile(string fileName, ifstream& fileHandle){