Looks to me like the dbsnp file is not bgzipped?
gunzip dbsnp_138.hg19.vcf.gz
bgzip dbsnp_138.hg19.vcf
tabix -p vcf dbsnp_138.hg19.vcf.gz
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Sean Davis
@Sean Davis you just saved me a lot of frustration. I found this after a few searches and it worked. THanks
I had the same problem: when I compressed with gunzip <file>.vcf tabix gave the error: tbx_index_build failed:<file>.vcf.gz but it worked with `bgzip <file>.vcf.
Of course it does. bgzip does blockwise (therefore the b in bgzip) compression of the file, which tabix relies on. That enables tabix to quickly retrieve data by only very partially decompressing a (sometimes hugh) file, guided by the index. gzip does not do blockwise compression.
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