Method Open

src/utils/tabFile/tabFile.cpp:28–50

}

void TabFile::Open(void) {
    if (_tabFile == "stdin" || _tabFile == "-") {
        _tabStream = &cin;
    }
    else {
        _tabStream = new ifstream(_tabFile.c_str(), ios::in);
        
        if( isGzipFile(_tabStream) ) {
            delete _tabStream;
            _tabStream = new igzstream(_tabFile.c_str(), ios::in);
        }
        if ( _tabStream->fail() ) {
            cerr << "Error: The requested file (" 
                 << _tabFile
                 << ") " 
                 << "could not be opened. "
                 << "Error message: ("
                 << strerror(errno)
                 << "). Exiting!" << endl;
            exit (1);
        }
    }
}


// Close the TAB file