bam_plcmd.c

/*  bam_plcmd.c -- mpileup subcommand.

    Copyright (C) 2008-2015 Genome Research Ltd.
    Portions copyright (C) 2009-2012 Broad Institute.

    Author: Heng Li <lh3@sanger.ac.uk>

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#include <config.h>

#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <htslib/sam.h>
#include <htslib/faidx.h>
#include <htslib/kstring.h>
#include <htslib/khash_str2int.h>
#include "sam_header.h"
#include "samtools.h"
#include "sam_opts.h"

static inline int printw(int c, FILE *fp)
{
    char buf[16];
    int l, x;
    if (c == 0) return fputc('0', fp);
    for (l = 0, x = c < 0? -c : c; x > 0; x /= 10) buf[l++] = x%10 + '0';
    if (c < 0) buf[l++] = '-';
    buf[l] = 0;
    for (x = 0; x < l/2; ++x) {
        int y = buf[x]; buf[x] = buf[l-1-x]; buf[l-1-x] = y;
    }
    fputs(buf, fp);
    return 0;
}

static inline void pileup_seq(FILE *fp, const bam_pileup1_t *p, int pos, int ref_len, const char *ref)
{
    int j;
    if (p->is_head) {
        putc('^', fp);
        putc(p->b->core.qual > 93? 126 : p->b->core.qual + 33, fp);
    }
    if (!p->is_del) {
        int c = p->qpos < p->b->core.l_qseq
            ? seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(bam_get_seq(p->b), p->qpos)]
            : 'N';
        if (ref) {
            int rb = pos < ref_len? ref[pos] : 'N';
            if (c == '=' || seq_nt16_table[c] == seq_nt16_table[rb]) c = bam_is_rev(p->b)? ',' : '.';
            else c = bam_is_rev(p->b)? tolower(c) : toupper(c);
        } else {
            if (c == '=') c = bam_is_rev(p->b)? ',' : '.';
            else c = bam_is_rev(p->b)? tolower(c) : toupper(c);
        }
        putc(c, fp);
    } else putc(p->is_refskip? (bam_is_rev(p->b)? '<' : '>') : '*', fp);
    if (p->indel > 0) {
        putc('+', fp); printw(p->indel, fp);
        for (j = 1; j <= p->indel; ++j) {
            int c = seq_nt16_str[bam_seqi(bam_get_seq(p->b), p->qpos + j)];
            putc(bam_is_rev(p->b)? tolower(c) : toupper(c), fp);
        }
    } else if (p->indel < 0) {
        printw(p->indel, fp);
        for (j = 1; j <= -p->indel; ++j) {
            int c = (ref && (int)pos+j < ref_len)? ref[pos+j] : 'N';
            putc(bam_is_rev(p->b)? tolower(c) : toupper(c), fp);
        }
    }
    if (p->is_tail) putc('$', fp);
}

#include <assert.h>
#include "bam2bcf.h"
#include "sample.h"

#define MPLP_BCF        1
#define MPLP_VCF        (1<<1)
#define MPLP_NO_COMP    (1<<2)
#define MPLP_NO_ORPHAN  (1<<3)
#define MPLP_REALN      (1<<4)
#define MPLP_NO_INDEL   (1<<5)
#define MPLP_REDO_BAQ   (1<<6)
#define MPLP_ILLUMINA13 (1<<7)
#define MPLP_IGNORE_RG  (1<<8)
#define MPLP_PRINT_POS  (1<<9)
#define MPLP_PRINT_MAPQ (1<<10)
#define MPLP_PER_SAMPLE (1<<11)
#define MPLP_SMART_OVERLAPS (1<<12)

void *bed_read(const char *fn);
void bed_destroy(void *_h);
int bed_overlap(const void *_h, const char *chr, int beg, int end);

typedef struct {
    int min_mq, flag, min_baseQ, capQ_thres, max_depth, max_indel_depth, fmt_flag;
    int rflag_require, rflag_filter;
    int openQ, extQ, tandemQ, min_support; // for indels
    double min_frac; // for indels
    char *reg, *pl_list, *fai_fname, *output_fname;
    faidx_t *fai;
    void *bed, *rghash;
    int argc;
    char **argv;
    sam_global_args ga;
} mplp_conf_t;

typedef struct {
    char *ref[2];
    int ref_id[2];
    int ref_len[2];
} mplp_ref_t;

#define MPLP_REF_INIT {{NULL,NULL},{-1,-1},{0,0}}

typedef struct {
    samFile *fp;
    hts_itr_t *iter;
    bam_hdr_t *h;
    mplp_ref_t *ref;
    const mplp_conf_t *conf;
} mplp_aux_t;

typedef struct {
    int n;
    int *n_plp, *m_plp;
    bam_pileup1_t **plp;
} mplp_pileup_t;

static int mplp_get_ref(mplp_aux_t *ma, int tid,  char **ref, int *ref_len) {
    mplp_ref_t *r = ma->ref;

    //printf("get ref %d {%d/%p, %d/%p}\n", tid, r->ref_id[0], r->ref[0], r->ref_id[1], r->ref[1]);

    if (!r || !ma->conf->fai) {
        *ref = NULL;
        return 0;
    }

    // Do we need to reference count this so multiple mplp_aux_t can
    // track which references are in use?
    // For now we just cache the last two. Sufficient?
    if (tid == r->ref_id[0]) {
        *ref = r->ref[0];
        *ref_len = r->ref_len[0];
        return 1;
    }
    if (tid == r->ref_id[1]) {
        // Last, swap over
        int tmp;
        tmp = r->ref_id[0];  r->ref_id[0]  = r->ref_id[1];  r->ref_id[1]  = tmp;
        tmp = r->ref_len[0]; r->ref_len[0] = r->ref_len[1]; r->ref_len[1] = tmp;

        char *tc;
        tc = r->ref[0]; r->ref[0] = r->ref[1]; r->ref[1] = tc;
        *ref = r->ref[0];
        *ref_len = r->ref_len[0];
        return 1;
    }

    // New, so migrate to old and load new
    free(r->ref[1]);
    r->ref[1]     = r->ref[0];
    r->ref_id[1]  = r->ref_id[0];
    r->ref_len[1] = r->ref_len[0];

    r->ref_id[0] = tid;
    r->ref[0] = faidx_fetch_seq(ma->conf->fai,
                                ma->h->target_name[r->ref_id[0]],
                                0,
                                INT_MAX,
                                &r->ref_len[0]);

    if (!r->ref[0]) {
        r->ref[0] = NULL;
        r->ref_id[0] = -1;
        r->ref_len[0] = 0;
        *ref = NULL;
        return 0;
    }

    *ref = r->ref[0];
    *ref_len = r->ref_len[0];
    return 1;
}

static int mplp_func(void *data, bam1_t *b)
{
    extern int bam_realn(bam1_t *b, const char *ref);
    extern int bam_prob_realn_core(bam1_t *b, const char *ref, int ref_len, int flag);
    extern int bam_cap_mapQ(bam1_t *b, char *ref, int ref_len, int thres);
    char *ref;
    mplp_aux_t *ma = (mplp_aux_t*)data;
    int ret, skip = 0, ref_len;
    do {
        int has_ref;
        ret = ma->iter? sam_itr_next(ma->fp, ma->iter, b) : sam_read1(ma->fp, ma->h, b);
        if (ret < 0) break;
        // The 'B' cigar operation is not part of the specification, considering as obsolete.
        //  bam_remove_B(b);
        if (b->core.tid < 0 || (b->core.flag&BAM_FUNMAP)) { // exclude unmapped reads
            skip = 1;
            continue;
        }
        if (ma->conf->rflag_require && !(ma->conf->rflag_require&b->core.flag)) { skip = 1; continue; }
        if (ma->conf->rflag_filter && ma->conf->rflag_filter&b->core.flag) { skip = 1; continue; }
        if (ma->conf->bed) { // test overlap
            skip = !bed_overlap(ma->conf->bed, ma->h->target_name[b->core.tid], b->core.pos, bam_endpos(b));
            if (skip) continue;
        }
        if (ma->conf->rghash) { // exclude read groups
            uint8_t *rg = bam_aux_get(b, "RG");
            skip = (rg && khash_str2int_get(ma->conf->rghash, (const char*)(rg+1), NULL)==0);
            if (skip) continue;
        }
        if (ma->conf->flag & MPLP_ILLUMINA13) {
            int i;
            uint8_t *qual = bam_get_qual(b);
            for (i = 0; i < b->core.l_qseq; ++i)
                qual[i] = qual[i] > 31? qual[i] - 31 : 0;
        }

        if (ma->conf->fai && b->core.tid >= 0) {
            has_ref = mplp_get_ref(ma, b->core.tid, &ref, &ref_len);
            if (has_ref && ref_len <= b->core.pos) { // exclude reads outside of the reference sequence
                fprintf(stderr,"[%s] Skipping because %d is outside of %d [ref:%d]\n",
                        __func__, b->core.pos, ref_len, b->core.tid);
                skip = 1;
                continue;
            }
        } else {
            has_ref = 0;
        }

        skip = 0;
        if (has_ref && (ma->conf->flag&MPLP_REALN)) bam_prob_realn_core(b, ref, ref_len, (ma->conf->flag & MPLP_REDO_BAQ)? 7 : 3);
        if (has_ref && ma->conf->capQ_thres > 10) {
            int q = bam_cap_mapQ(b, ref, ref_len, ma->conf->capQ_thres);
            if (q < 0) skip = 1;
            else if (b->core.qual > q) b->core.qual = q;
        }
        if (b->core.qual < ma->conf->min_mq) skip = 1;
        else if ((ma->conf->flag&MPLP_NO_ORPHAN) && (b->core.flag&BAM_FPAIRED) && !(b->core.flag&BAM_FPROPER_PAIR)) skip = 1;
    } while (skip);
    return ret;
}

static void group_smpl(mplp_pileup_t *m, bam_sample_t *sm, kstring_t *buf,
                       int n, char *const*fn, int *n_plp, const bam_pileup1_t **plp, int ignore_rg)
{
    int i, j;
    memset(m->n_plp, 0, m->n * sizeof(int));
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        for (j = 0; j < n_plp[i]; ++j) {
            const bam_pileup1_t *p = plp[i] + j;
            uint8_t *q;
            int id = -1;
            q = ignore_rg? NULL : bam_aux_get(p->b, "RG");
            if (q) id = bam_smpl_rg2smid(sm, fn[i], (char*)q+1, buf);
            if (id < 0) id = bam_smpl_rg2smid(sm, fn[i], 0, buf);
            if (id < 0 || id >= m->n) {
                assert(q); // otherwise a bug
                fprintf(stderr, "[%s] Read group %s used in file %s but absent from the header or an alignment missing read group.\n", __func__, (char*)q+1, fn[i]);
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
            }
            if (m->n_plp[id] == m->m_plp[id]) {
                m->m_plp[id] = m->m_plp[id]? m->m_plp[id]<<1 : 8;
                m->plp[id] = realloc(m->plp[id], sizeof(bam_pileup1_t) * m->m_plp[id]);
            }
            m->plp[id][m->n_plp[id]++] = *p;
        }
    }
}

/*
 * Performs pileup
 * @param conf configuration for this pileup
 * @param n number of files specified in fn
 * @param fn filenames
 */
static int mpileup(mplp_conf_t *conf, int n, char **fn)
{
    extern void *bcf_call_add_rg(void *rghash, const char *hdtext, const char *list);
    extern void bcf_call_del_rghash(void *rghash);
    mplp_aux_t **data;
    int i, tid, pos, *n_plp, beg0 = 0, end0 = INT_MAX, ref_len, max_depth, max_indel_depth;
    const bam_pileup1_t **plp;
    mplp_ref_t mp_ref = MPLP_REF_INIT;
    bam_mplp_t iter;
    bam_hdr_t *h = NULL; /* header of first file in input list */
    char *ref;
    void *rghash = NULL;
    FILE *pileup_fp = NULL;

    bcf_callaux_t *bca = NULL;
    bcf_callret1_t *bcr = NULL;
    bcf_call_t bc;
    htsFile *bcf_fp = NULL;
    bcf_hdr_t *bcf_hdr = NULL;

    bam_sample_t *sm = NULL;
    kstring_t buf;
    mplp_pileup_t gplp;

    memset(&gplp, 0, sizeof(mplp_pileup_t));
    memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(kstring_t));
    memset(&bc, 0, sizeof(bcf_call_t));
    data = calloc(n, sizeof(mplp_aux_t*));
    plp = calloc(n, sizeof(bam_pileup1_t*));
    n_plp = calloc(n, sizeof(int));
    sm = bam_smpl_init();

    if (n == 0) {
        fprintf(stderr,"[%s] no input file/data given\n", __func__);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    // read the header of each file in the list and initialize data
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        bam_hdr_t *h_tmp;
        data[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(mplp_aux_t));
        data[i]->fp = sam_open_format(fn[i], "rb", &conf->ga.in);
        if ( !data[i]->fp )
        {
            fprintf(stderr, "[%s] failed to open %s: %s\n", __func__, fn[i], strerror(errno));
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        if (hts_set_opt(data[i]->fp, CRAM_OPT_DECODE_MD, 0)) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to set CRAM_OPT_DECODE_MD value\n");
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        if (conf->fai_fname && hts_set_fai_filename(data[i]->fp, conf->fai_fname) != 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "[%s] failed to process %s: %s\n",
                    __func__, conf->fai_fname, strerror(errno));
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        data[i]->conf = conf;
        data[i]->ref = &mp_ref;
        h_tmp = sam_hdr_read(data[i]->fp);
        if ( !h_tmp ) {
            fprintf(stderr,"[%s] fail to read the header of %s\n", __func__, fn[i]);
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        bam_smpl_add(sm, fn[i], (conf->flag&MPLP_IGNORE_RG)? 0 : h_tmp->text);
        // Collect read group IDs with PL (platform) listed in pl_list (note: fragile, strstr search)
        rghash = bcf_call_add_rg(rghash, h_tmp->text, conf->pl_list);
        if (conf->reg) {
            hts_idx_t *idx = sam_index_load(data[i]->fp, fn[i]);
            if (idx == NULL) {
                fprintf(stderr, "[%s] fail to load index for %s\n", __func__, fn[i]);
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
            }
            if ( (data[i]->iter=sam_itr_querys(idx, h_tmp, conf->reg)) == 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "[E::%s] fail to parse region '%s' with %s\n", __func__, conf->reg, fn[i]);
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
            }
            if (i == 0) beg0 = data[i]->iter->beg, end0 = data[i]->iter->end;
            hts_idx_destroy(idx);
        }
        else
            data[i]->iter = NULL;

        if (i == 0) h = data[i]->h = h_tmp; // save the header of the first file
        else {
            // FIXME: check consistency between h and h_tmp
            bam_hdr_destroy(h_tmp);

            // we store only the first file's header; it's (alleged to be)
            // compatible with the i-th file's target_name lookup needs
            data[i]->h = h;
        }
    }
    // allocate data storage proportionate to number of samples being studied sm->n
    gplp.n = sm->n;
    gplp.n_plp = calloc(sm->n, sizeof(int));
    gplp.m_plp = calloc(sm->n, sizeof(int));
    gplp.plp = calloc(sm->n, sizeof(bam_pileup1_t*));

    fprintf(stderr, "[%s] %d samples in %d input files\n", __func__, sm->n, n);
    // write the VCF header
    if (conf->flag & MPLP_BCF)
    {
        const char *mode;
        if ( conf->flag & MPLP_VCF )
            mode = (conf->flag&MPLP_NO_COMP)? "wu" : "wz";   // uncompressed VCF or compressed VCF
        else
            mode = (conf->flag&MPLP_NO_COMP)? "wub" : "wb";  // uncompressed BCF or compressed BCF

        bcf_fp = bcf_open(conf->output_fname? conf->output_fname : "-", mode);
        if (bcf_fp == NULL) {
            fprintf(stderr, "[%s] failed to write to %s: %s\n", __func__, conf->output_fname? conf->output_fname : "standard output", strerror(errno));
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        // BCF header creation
        bcf_hdr = bcf_hdr_init("w");
        kstring_t str = {0,0,NULL};

        ksprintf(&str, "##samtoolsVersion=%s+htslib-%s\n",samtools_version(),hts_version());
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr, str.s);

        str.l = 0;
        ksprintf(&str, "##samtoolsCommand=samtools mpileup");
        for (i=1; i<conf->argc; i++) ksprintf(&str, " %s", conf->argv[i]);
        kputc('\n', &str);
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr, str.s);

        if (conf->fai_fname)
        {
            str.l = 0;
            ksprintf(&str, "##reference=file://%s\n", conf->fai_fname);
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr, str.s);
        }

        // Translate BAM @SQ tags to BCF ##contig tags
        // todo: use/write new BAM header manipulation routines, fill also UR, M5
        for (i=0; i<h->n_targets; i++)
        {
            str.l = 0;
            ksprintf(&str, "##contig=<ID=%s,length=%d>", h->target_name[i], h->target_len[i]);
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr, str.s);
        }
        free(str.s);
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##ALT=<ID=*,Description=\"Represents allele(s) other than observed.\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=INDEL,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description=\"Indicates that the variant is an INDEL.\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=IDV,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description=\"Maximum number of reads supporting an indel\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=IMF,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Maximum fraction of reads supporting an indel\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description=\"Raw read depth\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=VDB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Variant Distance Bias for filtering splice-site artefacts in RNA-seq data (bigger is better)\",Version=\"3\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=RPB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Read Position Bias (bigger is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=MQB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Mapping Quality Bias (bigger is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=BQB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Base Quality Bias (bigger is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=MQSB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Mapping Quality vs Strand Bias (bigger is better)\">");
#if CDF_MWU_TESTS
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=RPB2,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Read Position Bias [CDF] (bigger is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=MQB2,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Mapping Quality Bias [CDF] (bigger is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=BQB2,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Base Quality Bias [CDF] (bigger is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=MQSB2,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Mann-Whitney U test of Mapping Quality vs Strand Bias [CDF] (bigger is better)\">");
#endif
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=SGB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Segregation based metric.\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=MQ0F,Number=1,Type=Float,Description=\"Fraction of MQ0 reads (smaller is better)\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=I16,Number=16,Type=Float,Description=\"Auxiliary tag used for calling, see description of bcf_callret1_t in bam2bcf.h\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=QS,Number=R,Type=Float,Description=\"Auxiliary tag used for calling\">");
        bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=PL,Number=G,Type=Integer,Description=\"List of Phred-scaled genotype likelihoods\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_DP )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description=\"Number of high-quality bases\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_DV )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=DV,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description=\"Number of high-quality non-reference bases\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_DPR )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=DPR,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Number of high-quality bases observed for each allele\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_INFO_DPR )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=DPR,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Number of high-quality bases observed for each allele\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_DP4 )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=DP4,Number=4,Type=Integer,Description=\"Number of high-quality ref-fwd, ref-reverse, alt-fwd and alt-reverse bases\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_SP )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=SP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description=\"Phred-scaled strand bias P-value\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_AD )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=AD,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Allelic depths\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_ADF )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=ADF,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Allelic depths on the forward strand\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_FMT_ADR )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##FORMAT=<ID=ADR,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Allelic depths on the reverse strand\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_INFO_AD )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=AD,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Total allelic depths\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_INFO_ADF )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=ADF,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Total allelic depths on the forward strand\">");
        if ( conf->fmt_flag&B2B_INFO_ADR )
            bcf_hdr_append(bcf_hdr,"##INFO=<ID=ADR,Number=R,Type=Integer,Description=\"Total allelic depths on the reverse strand\">");

        for (i=0; i<sm->n; i++)
            bcf_hdr_add_sample(bcf_hdr, sm->smpl[i]);
        bcf_hdr_add_sample(bcf_hdr, NULL);
        bcf_hdr_write(bcf_fp, bcf_hdr);
        // End of BCF header creation

        // Initialise the calling algorithm
        bca = bcf_call_init(-1., conf->min_baseQ);
        bcr = calloc(sm->n, sizeof(bcf_callret1_t));
        bca->rghash = rghash;
        bca->openQ = conf->openQ, bca->extQ = conf->extQ, bca->tandemQ = conf->tandemQ;
        bca->min_frac = conf->min_frac;
        bca->min_support = conf->min_support;
        bca->per_sample_flt = conf->flag & MPLP_PER_SAMPLE;

        bc.bcf_hdr = bcf_hdr;
        bc.n = sm->n;
        bc.PL = malloc(15 * sm->n * sizeof(*bc.PL));
        if (conf->fmt_flag)
        {
            assert( sizeof(float)==sizeof(int32_t) );
            bc.DP4 = malloc(sm->n * sizeof(int32_t) * 4);
            bc.fmt_arr = malloc(sm->n * sizeof(float)); // all fmt_flag fields
            if ( conf->fmt_flag&(B2B_INFO_DPR|B2B_FMT_DPR|B2B_INFO_AD|B2B_INFO_ADF|B2B_INFO_ADR|B2B_FMT_AD|B2B_FMT_ADF|B2B_FMT_ADR) )
            {
                // first B2B_MAX_ALLELES fields for total numbers, the rest per-sample
                bc.ADR = (int32_t*) malloc((sm->n+1)*B2B_MAX_ALLELES*sizeof(int32_t));
                bc.ADF = (int32_t*) malloc((sm->n+1)*B2B_MAX_ALLELES*sizeof(int32_t));
                for (i=0; i<sm->n; i++)
                {
                    bcr[i].ADR = bc.ADR + (i+1)*B2B_MAX_ALLELES;
                    bcr[i].ADF = bc.ADF + (i+1)*B2B_MAX_ALLELES;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else {
        pileup_fp = conf->output_fname? fopen(conf->output_fname, "w") : stdout;

        if (pileup_fp == NULL) {
            fprintf(stderr, "[%s] failed to write to %s: %s\n", __func__, conf->output_fname, strerror(errno));
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
    }

    // init pileup
    iter = bam_mplp_init(n, mplp_func, (void**)data);
    if ( conf->flag & MPLP_SMART_OVERLAPS ) bam_mplp_init_overlaps(iter);
    max_depth = conf->max_depth;
    if (max_depth * sm->n > 1<<20)
        fprintf(stderr, "(%s) Max depth is above 1M. Potential memory hog!\n", __func__);
    if (max_depth * sm->n < 8000) {
        max_depth = 8000 / sm->n;
        fprintf(stderr, "<%s> Set max per-file depth to %d\n", __func__, max_depth);
    }
    max_indel_depth = conf->max_indel_depth * sm->n;
    bam_mplp_set_maxcnt(iter, max_depth);
    bcf1_t *bcf_rec = bcf_init1();
    int ret;
    // begin pileup
    while ( (ret=bam_mplp_auto(iter, &tid, &pos, n_plp, plp)) > 0) {
        if (conf->reg && (pos < beg0 || pos >= end0)) continue; // out of the region requested
        if (conf->bed && tid >= 0 && !bed_overlap(conf->bed, h->target_name[tid], pos, pos+1)) continue;
        mplp_get_ref(data[0], tid, &ref, &ref_len);
        //printf("tid=%d len=%d ref=%p/%s\n", tid, ref_len, ref, ref);
        if (conf->flag & MPLP_BCF) {
            int total_depth, _ref0, ref16;
            for (i = total_depth = 0; i < n; ++i) total_depth += n_plp[i];
            group_smpl(&gplp, sm, &buf, n, fn, n_plp, plp, conf->flag & MPLP_IGNORE_RG);
            _ref0 = (ref && pos < ref_len)? ref[pos] : 'N';
            ref16 = seq_nt16_table[_ref0];
            bcf_callaux_clean(bca, &bc);
            for (i = 0; i < gplp.n; ++i)
                bcf_call_glfgen(gplp.n_plp[i], gplp.plp[i], ref16, bca, bcr + i);
            bc.tid = tid; bc.pos = pos;
            bcf_call_combine(gplp.n, bcr, bca, ref16, &bc);
            bcf_clear1(bcf_rec);
            bcf_call2bcf(&bc, bcf_rec, bcr, conf->fmt_flag, 0, 0);
            bcf_write1(bcf_fp, bcf_hdr, bcf_rec);
            // call indels; todo: subsampling with total_depth>max_indel_depth instead of ignoring?
            if (!(conf->flag&MPLP_NO_INDEL) && total_depth < max_indel_depth && bcf_call_gap_prep(gplp.n, gplp.n_plp, gplp.plp, pos, bca, ref, rghash) >= 0)
            {
                bcf_callaux_clean(bca, &bc);
                for (i = 0; i < gplp.n; ++i)
                    bcf_call_glfgen(gplp.n_plp[i], gplp.plp[i], -1, bca, bcr + i);
                if (bcf_call_combine(gplp.n, bcr, bca, -1, &bc) >= 0) {
                    bcf_clear1(bcf_rec);
                    bcf_call2bcf(&bc, bcf_rec, bcr, conf->fmt_flag, bca, ref);
                    bcf_write1(bcf_fp, bcf_hdr, bcf_rec);
                }
            }
        } else {
            fprintf(pileup_fp, "%s\t%d\t%c", h->target_name[tid], pos + 1, (ref && pos < ref_len)? ref[pos] : 'N');
            for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
                int j, cnt;
                for (j = cnt = 0; j < n_plp[i]; ++j) {
                    const bam_pileup1_t *p = plp[i] + j;
                    int c = p->qpos < p->b->core.l_qseq
                             ? bam_get_qual(p->b)[p->qpos]
                             : 0;
                    if (c >= conf->min_baseQ) ++cnt;
                }
                fprintf(pileup_fp, "\t%d\t", cnt);
                if (n_plp[i] == 0) {
                    fputs("*\t*", pileup_fp);
                    if (conf->flag & MPLP_PRINT_MAPQ) fputs("\t*", pileup_fp);
                    if (conf->flag & MPLP_PRINT_POS) fputs("\t*", pileup_fp);
                } else {
                    for (j = 0; j < n_plp[i]; ++j) {
                        const bam_pileup1_t *p = plp[i] + j;
                        int c = p->qpos < p->b->core.l_qseq
                            ? bam_get_qual(p->b)[p->qpos]
                            : 0;
                        if (c >= conf->min_baseQ)
                            pileup_seq(pileup_fp, plp[i] + j, pos, ref_len, ref);
                    }
                    putc('\t', pileup_fp);
                    for (j = 0; j < n_plp[i]; ++j) {
                        const bam_pileup1_t *p = plp[i] + j;
                        int c = p->qpos < p->b->core.l_qseq
                            ? bam_get_qual(p->b)[p->qpos]
                            : 0;
                        if (c >= conf->min_baseQ) {
                            c = c + 33 < 126? c + 33 : 126;
                            putc(c, pileup_fp);
                        }
                    }
                    if (conf->flag & MPLP_PRINT_MAPQ) {
                        putc('\t', pileup_fp);
                        for (j = 0; j < n_plp[i]; ++j) {
                            const bam_pileup1_t *p = plp[i] + j;
                            int c = bam_get_qual(p->b)[p->qpos];
                            if ( c < conf->min_baseQ ) continue;
                            c = plp[i][j].b->core.qual + 33;
                            if (c > 126) c = 126;
                            putc(c, pileup_fp);
                        }
                    }
                    if (conf->flag & MPLP_PRINT_POS) {
                        putc('\t', pileup_fp);
                        int last = 0;
                        for (j = 0; j < n_plp[i]; ++j) {
                            const bam_pileup1_t *p = plp[i] + j;
                            int c = bam_get_qual(p->b)[p->qpos];
                            if ( c < conf->min_baseQ ) continue;

                            if (last++) putc(',', pileup_fp);
                            fprintf(pileup_fp, "%d", plp[i][j].qpos + 1); // FIXME: printf() is very slow...
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            putc('\n', pileup_fp);
        }
    }

    // clean up
    free(bc.tmp.s);
    bcf_destroy1(bcf_rec);
    if (bcf_fp)
    {
        hts_close(bcf_fp);
        bcf_hdr_destroy(bcf_hdr);
        bcf_call_destroy(bca);
        free(bc.PL);
        free(bc.DP4);
        free(bc.ADR);
        free(bc.ADF);
        free(bc.fmt_arr);
        free(bcr);
    }
    if (pileup_fp && conf->output_fname) fclose(pileup_fp);
    bam_smpl_destroy(sm); free(buf.s);
    for (i = 0; i < gplp.n; ++i) free(gplp.plp[i]);
    free(gplp.plp); free(gplp.n_plp); free(gplp.m_plp);
    bcf_call_del_rghash(rghash);
    bam_mplp_destroy(iter);
    bam_hdr_destroy(h);
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        sam_close(data[i]->fp);
        if (data[i]->iter) hts_itr_destroy(data[i]->iter);
        free(data[i]);
    }
    free(data); free(plp); free(n_plp);
    free(mp_ref.ref[0]);
    free(mp_ref.ref[1]);
    return ret;
}

#define MAX_PATH_LEN 1024
int read_file_list(const char *file_list,int *n,char **argv[])
{
    char buf[MAX_PATH_LEN];
    int len, nfiles = 0;
    char **files = NULL;
    struct stat sb;

    *n = 0;
    *argv = NULL;

    FILE *fh = fopen(file_list,"r");
    if ( !fh )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n", file_list,strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }

    files = calloc(nfiles,sizeof(char*));
    nfiles = 0;
    while ( fgets(buf,MAX_PATH_LEN,fh) )
    {
        // allow empty lines and trailing spaces
        len = strlen(buf);
        while ( len>0 && isspace(buf[len-1]) ) len--;
        if ( !len ) continue;

        // check sanity of the file list
        buf[len] = 0;
        if (stat(buf, &sb) != 0)
        {
            // no such file, check if it is safe to print its name
            int i, safe_to_print = 1;
            for (i=0; i<len; i++)
                if (!isprint(buf[i])) { safe_to_print = 0; break; }
            if ( safe_to_print )
                fprintf(stderr,"The file list \"%s\" appears broken, could not locate: %s\n", file_list,buf);
            else
                fprintf(stderr,"Does the file \"%s\" really contain a list of files and do all exist?\n", file_list);
            return 1;
        }

        nfiles++;
        files = realloc(files,nfiles*sizeof(char*));
        files[nfiles-1] = strdup(buf);
    }
    fclose(fh);
    if ( !nfiles )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"No files read from %s\n", file_list);
        return 1;
    }
    *argv = files;
    *n    = nfiles;
    return 0;
}
#undef MAX_PATH_LEN

int parse_format_flag(const char *str)
{
    int i, flag = 0, n_tags;
    char **tags = hts_readlist(str, 0, &n_tags);
    for(i=0; i<n_tags; i++)
    {
        if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"DP") ) flag |= B2B_FMT_DP;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"DV") ) { flag |= B2B_FMT_DV; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] tag DV functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `AD` in future.\n"); }
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"SP") ) flag |= B2B_FMT_SP;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"DP4") ) { flag |= B2B_FMT_DP4; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] tag DP4 functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `ADF` and `ADR` in future.\n"); }
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"DPR") ) { flag |= B2B_FMT_DPR; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] tag DPR functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `AD` in future.\n"); }
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"INFO/DPR") ) { flag |= B2B_INFO_DPR; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] tag INFO/DPR functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `INFO/AD` in future.\n"); }
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"AD") ) flag |= B2B_FMT_AD;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"ADF") ) flag |= B2B_FMT_ADF;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"ADR") ) flag |= B2B_FMT_ADR;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"INFO/AD") ) flag |= B2B_INFO_AD;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"INFO/ADF") ) flag |= B2B_INFO_ADF;
        else if ( !strcasecmp(tags[i],"INFO/ADR") ) flag |= B2B_INFO_ADR;
        else
        {
            fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse tag \"%s\" in \"%s\"\n", tags[i], str);
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        free(tags[i]);
    }
    if (n_tags) free(tags);
    return flag;
}

static void print_usage(FILE *fp, const mplp_conf_t *mplp)
{
    char *tmp_require = bam_flag2str(mplp->rflag_require);
    char *tmp_filter  = bam_flag2str(mplp->rflag_filter);

    // Display usage information, formatted for the standard 80 columns.
    // (The unusual string formatting here aids the readability of this
    // source code in 80 columns, to the extent that's possible.)

    fprintf(fp,
"\n"
"Usage: samtools mpileup [options] in1.bam [in2.bam [...]]\n"
"\n"
"Input options:\n"
"  -6, --illumina1.3+      quality is in the Illumina-1.3+ encoding\n"
"  -A, --count-orphans     do not discard anomalous read pairs\n"
"  -b, --bam-list FILE     list of input BAM filenames, one per line\n"
"  -B, --no-BAQ            disable BAQ (per-Base Alignment Quality)\n"
"  -C, --adjust-MQ INT     adjust mapping quality; recommended:50, disable:0 [0]\n"
"  -d, --max-depth INT     max per-file depth; avoids excessive memory usage [%d]\n", mplp->max_depth);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -E, --redo-BAQ          recalculate BAQ on the fly, ignore existing BQs\n"
"  -f, --fasta-ref FILE    faidx indexed reference sequence file\n"
"  -G, --exclude-RG FILE   exclude read groups listed in FILE\n"
"  -l, --positions FILE    skip unlisted positions (chr pos) or regions (BED)\n"
"  -q, --min-MQ INT        skip alignments with mapQ smaller than INT [%d]\n", mplp->min_mq);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -Q, --min-BQ INT        skip bases with baseQ/BAQ smaller than INT [%d]\n", mplp->min_baseQ);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -r, --region REG        region in which pileup is generated\n"
"  -R, --ignore-RG         ignore RG tags (one BAM = one sample)\n"
"  --rf, --incl-flags STR|INT  required flags: skip reads with mask bits unset [%s]\n", tmp_require);
    fprintf(fp,
"  --ff, --excl-flags STR|INT  filter flags: skip reads with mask bits set\n"
"                                            [%s]\n", tmp_filter);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -x, --ignore-overlaps   disable read-pair overlap detection\n"
"\n"
"Output options:\n"
"  -o, --output FILE       write output to FILE [standard output]\n"
"  -g, --BCF               generate genotype likelihoods in BCF format\n"
"  -v, --VCF               generate genotype likelihoods in VCF format\n"
"\n"
"Output options for mpileup format (without -g/-v):\n"
"  -O, --output-BP         output base positions on reads\n"
"  -s, --output-MQ         output mapping quality\n"
"\n"
"Output options for genotype likelihoods (when -g/-v is used):\n"
"  -t, --output-tags LIST  optional tags to output:\n"
"               DP,AD,ADF,ADR,SP,INFO/AD,INFO/ADF,INFO/ADR []\n"
"  -u, --uncompressed      generate uncompressed VCF/BCF output\n"
"\n"
"SNP/INDEL genotype likelihoods options (effective with -g/-v):\n"
"  -e, --ext-prob INT      Phred-scaled gap extension seq error probability [%d]\n", mplp->extQ);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -F, --gap-frac FLOAT    minimum fraction of gapped reads [%g]\n", mplp->min_frac);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -h, --tandem-qual INT   coefficient for homopolymer errors [%d]\n", mplp->tandemQ);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -I, --skip-indels       do not perform indel calling\n"
"  -L, --max-idepth INT    maximum per-file depth for INDEL calling [%d]\n", mplp->max_indel_depth);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -m, --min-ireads INT    minimum number gapped reads for indel candidates [%d]\n", mplp->min_support);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -o, --open-prob INT     Phred-scaled gap open seq error probability [%d]\n", mplp->openQ);
    fprintf(fp,
"  -p, --per-sample-mF     apply -m and -F per-sample for increased sensitivity\n"
"  -P, --platforms STR     comma separated list of platforms for indels [all]\n");
    sam_global_opt_help(fp, "-.--.");
    fprintf(fp,
"\n"
"Notes: Assuming diploid individuals.\n");

    free(tmp_require);
    free(tmp_filter);
}

int bam_mpileup(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int c;
    const char *file_list = NULL;
    char **fn = NULL;
    int nfiles = 0, use_orphan = 0;
    mplp_conf_t mplp;
    memset(&mplp, 0, sizeof(mplp_conf_t));
    mplp.min_baseQ = 13;
    mplp.capQ_thres = 0;
    mplp.max_depth = 250; mplp.max_indel_depth = 250;
    mplp.openQ = 40; mplp.extQ = 20; mplp.tandemQ = 100;
    mplp.min_frac = 0.002; mplp.min_support = 1;
    mplp.flag = MPLP_NO_ORPHAN | MPLP_REALN | MPLP_SMART_OVERLAPS;
    mplp.argc = argc; mplp.argv = argv;
    mplp.rflag_filter = BAM_FUNMAP | BAM_FSECONDARY | BAM_FQCFAIL | BAM_FDUP;
    mplp.output_fname = NULL;
    sam_global_args_init(&mplp.ga);

    static const struct option lopts[] =
    {
        SAM_OPT_GLOBAL_OPTIONS('-', 0, '-', '-', 0),
        {"rf", required_argument, NULL, 1},   // require flag
        {"ff", required_argument, NULL, 2},   // filter flag
        {"incl-flags", required_argument, NULL, 1},
        {"excl-flags", required_argument, NULL, 2},
        {"output", required_argument, NULL, 3},
        {"open-prob", required_argument, NULL, 4},
        {"illumina1.3+", no_argument, NULL, '6'},
        {"count-orphans", no_argument, NULL, 'A'},
        {"bam-list", required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
        {"no-BAQ", no_argument, NULL, 'B'},
        {"no-baq", no_argument, NULL, 'B'},
        {"adjust-MQ", required_argument, NULL, 'C'},
        {"adjust-mq", required_argument, NULL, 'C'},
        {"max-depth", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
        {"redo-BAQ", no_argument, NULL, 'E'},
        {"redo-baq", no_argument, NULL, 'E'},
        {"fasta-ref", required_argument, NULL, 'f'},
        {"exclude-RG", required_argument, NULL, 'G'},
        {"exclude-rg", required_argument, NULL, 'G'},
        {"positions", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
        {"region", required_argument, NULL, 'r'},
        {"ignore-RG", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
        {"ignore-rg", no_argument, NULL, 'R'},
        {"min-MQ", required_argument, NULL, 'q'},
        {"min-mq", required_argument, NULL, 'q'},
        {"min-BQ", required_argument, NULL, 'Q'},
        {"min-bq", required_argument, NULL, 'Q'},
        {"ignore-overlaps", no_argument, NULL, 'x'},
        {"BCF", no_argument, NULL, 'g'},
        {"bcf", no_argument, NULL, 'g'},
        {"VCF", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
        {"vcf", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
        {"output-BP", no_argument, NULL, 'O'},
        {"output-bp", no_argument, NULL, 'O'},
        {"output-MQ", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
        {"output-mq", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
        {"output-tags", required_argument, NULL, 't'},
        {"uncompressed", no_argument, NULL, 'u'},
        {"ext-prob", required_argument, NULL, 'e'},
        {"gap-frac", required_argument, NULL, 'F'},
        {"tandem-qual", required_argument, NULL, 'h'},
        {"skip-indels", no_argument, NULL, 'I'},
        {"max-idepth", required_argument, NULL, 'L'},
        {"min-ireads ", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
        {"per-sample-mF", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
        {"per-sample-mf", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
        {"platforms", required_argument, NULL, 'P'},
        {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
    };
    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Agf:r:l:q:Q:uRC:BDSd:L:b:P:po:e:h:Im:F:EG:6OsVvxt:",lopts,NULL)) >= 0) {
        switch (c) {
        case 'x': mplp.flag &= ~MPLP_SMART_OVERLAPS; break;
        case  1 :
            mplp.rflag_require = bam_str2flag(optarg);
            if ( mplp.rflag_require<0 ) { fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse --rf %s\n", optarg); return 1; }
            break;
        case  2 :
            mplp.rflag_filter = bam_str2flag(optarg);
            if ( mplp.rflag_filter<0 ) { fprintf(stderr,"Could not parse --ff %s\n", optarg); return 1; }
            break;
        case  3 : mplp.output_fname = optarg; break;
        case  4 : mplp.openQ = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'f':
            mplp.fai = fai_load(optarg);
            if (mplp.fai == NULL) return 1;
            mplp.fai_fname = optarg;
            break;
        case 'd': mplp.max_depth = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'r': mplp.reg = strdup(optarg); break;
        case 'l':
                  // In the original version the whole BAM was streamed which is inefficient
                  //  with few BED intervals and big BAMs. Todo: devise a heuristic to determine
                  //  best strategy, that is streaming or jumping.
                  mplp.bed = bed_read(optarg);
                  if (!mplp.bed) { print_error_errno("mpileup", "Could not read file \"%s\"", optarg); return 1; }
                  break;
        case 'P': mplp.pl_list = strdup(optarg); break;
        case 'p': mplp.flag |= MPLP_PER_SAMPLE; break;
        case 'g': mplp.flag |= MPLP_BCF; break;
        case 'v': mplp.flag |= MPLP_BCF | MPLP_VCF; break;
        case 'u': mplp.flag |= MPLP_NO_COMP | MPLP_BCF; break;
        case 'B': mplp.flag &= ~MPLP_REALN; break;
        case 'D': mplp.fmt_flag |= B2B_FMT_DP; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] samtools mpileup option `-D` is functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `-t DP` in future.\n"); break;
        case 'S': mplp.fmt_flag |= B2B_FMT_SP; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] samtools mpileup option `-S` is functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `-t SP` in future.\n"); break;
        case 'V': mplp.fmt_flag |= B2B_FMT_DV; fprintf(stderr, "[warning] samtools mpileup option `-V` is functional, but deprecated. Please switch to `-t DV` in future.\n"); break;
        case 'I': mplp.flag |= MPLP_NO_INDEL; break;
        case 'E': mplp.flag |= MPLP_REDO_BAQ; break;
        case '6': mplp.flag |= MPLP_ILLUMINA13; break;
        case 'R': mplp.flag |= MPLP_IGNORE_RG; break;
        case 's': mplp.flag |= MPLP_PRINT_MAPQ; break;
        case 'O': mplp.flag |= MPLP_PRINT_POS; break;
        case 'C': mplp.capQ_thres = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'q': mplp.min_mq = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'Q': mplp.min_baseQ = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'b': file_list = optarg; break;
        case 'o': {
                char *end;
                long value = strtol(optarg, &end, 10);
                // Distinguish between -o INT and -o FILE (a bit of a hack!)
                if (*end == '\0') mplp.openQ = value;
                else mplp.output_fname = optarg;
            }
            break;
        case 'e': mplp.extQ = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'h': mplp.tandemQ = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'A': use_orphan = 1; break;
        case 'F': mplp.min_frac = atof(optarg); break;
        case 'm': mplp.min_support = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'L': mplp.max_indel_depth = atoi(optarg); break;
        case 'G': {
                FILE *fp_rg;
                char buf[1024];
                mplp.rghash = khash_str2int_init();
                if ((fp_rg = fopen(optarg, "r")) == NULL)
                    fprintf(stderr, "(%s) Fail to open file %s. Continue anyway.\n", __func__, optarg);
                while (!feof(fp_rg) && fscanf(fp_rg, "%s", buf) > 0) // this is not a good style, but forgive me...
                    khash_str2int_inc(mplp.rghash, strdup(buf));
                fclose(fp_rg);
            }
            break;
        case 't': mplp.fmt_flag |= parse_format_flag(optarg); break;
        default:
            if (parse_sam_global_opt(c, optarg, lopts, &mplp.ga) == 0) break;
            /* else fall-through */
        case '?':
            print_usage(stderr, &mplp);
            return 1;
        }
    }
    if (!mplp.fai && mplp.ga.reference) {
        mplp.fai_fname = mplp.ga.reference;
        mplp.fai = fai_load(mplp.fai_fname);
        if (mplp.fai == NULL) return 1;
    }

    if ( !(mplp.flag&MPLP_REALN) && mplp.flag&MPLP_REDO_BAQ )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error: The -B option cannot be combined with -E\n");
        return 1;
    }
    if (use_orphan) mplp.flag &= ~MPLP_NO_ORPHAN;
    if (argc == 1)
    {
        print_usage(stderr, &mplp);
        return 1;
    }
    int ret;
    if (file_list) {
        if ( read_file_list(file_list,&nfiles,&fn) ) return 1;
        ret = mpileup(&mplp,nfiles,fn);
        for (c=0; c<nfiles; c++) free(fn[c]);
        free(fn);
    }
    else
        ret = mpileup(&mplp, argc - optind, argv + optind);
    if (mplp.rghash) khash_str2int_destroy_free(mplp.rghash);
    free(mplp.reg); free(mplp.pl_list);
    if (mplp.fai) fai_destroy(mplp.fai);
    if (mplp.bed) bed_destroy(mplp.bed);
    return ret;
}