bgzf_blocked error when using samtools

Question

[milanlove]

when i used samtools sort for sorting .bam file, following error was appeared. any body know that how i can solve it?

[E::bgzf_read] Read block operation failed with error -1 after 0 of 4 bytes

samtools sort: truncated file. Aborting

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

error message is here: https://github.com/samtools/htslib/blob/44c6a36f2894b45ad6cb491833d27c6a2106410f/bgzf.c#L854 it an error with the way the file was compressed.

the input or output bam file looks corrupted.

try to check your input file is valid with

gunzip -t input.bam && echo "VALID"

furthermore the command