bl_gff3_skip_header(3)

NAME
bl_gff3_skip_header() - Read past header in a GFF3 file

LIBRARY
#include <biolibc/gff3.h>
-lbiolibc -lxtend

SYNOPSIS
FILE    *bl_gff3_skip_header(FILE *gff3_stream)

ARGUMENTS
gff3_stream  FILE pointer to the open GFF file

DESCRIPTION
Skip over header lines in GFF input stream. The FILE pointer gff3_stream is advanced to the first character of the first line after the header. The header is copied to a temporary file and and the function returns a FILE pointer to the header stream.

RETURN VALUES
A FILE pointer to a temporary file containing a copy of the header

SEE ALSO
bl_gff3_read(3), bl_gff3_copy_header(3)