Autogenerated MD5SUM for BAM and CRAM Output Files
An MD5SUM file is generated automatically for BAM and CRAM output files. The MD5SUM file has the same name as the output file with an .md5sum extension appended (eg, whole_genome_run_123.bam.md5sum). The MD5SUM file is a single-line text file that contains the md5sum of the output file, which exactly matches the output of the Linux md5sum command.
The MD5SUM calculation is performed as the output file is written, so there is no measurable performance impact (compared to the Linux md5sum command, which can take several minutes for a 30x BAM).