# HG changeset patch # User peterjc # Date 1416580994 18000 # Node ID c41aac3e45724c6b2aeb5140e03548801a506537 # Parent 42cd0b8b350bf50012d1340141efd67f640f563b Uploaded v0.0.1b with warning about samtools 8000 coverage limit diff -r 42cd0b8b350b -r c41aac3e4572 tools/coverage_stats/coverage_stats.xml --- a/tools/coverage_stats/coverage_stats.xml Fri Nov 21 09:02:04 2014 -0500 +++ b/tools/coverage_stats/coverage_stats.xml Fri Nov 21 09:43:14 2014 -0500 @@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ plus the final row (labelled with an asterisk) representing 950320 unmapped reads. In this BAM file, the fourth column was otherwise zero. +.. class:: warningmark + +**Note**. There is an internal hard limit of 8000 for the pileup routine in +samtools, meaning the reported coverage from ``samtools depth`` will show +maximum coverage depths *around* 8000. + **Citation**