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jass/models/inittable.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class InitMeta(object):
         self.nb_phenotypes = nb_phenotypes
 
 def get_inittable_meta(file_name):
-    init_store = HDFStore(file_name)
+    init_store = HDFStore(file_name, mode='r')
     nb_snps = init_store.get_storer("SumStatTab").nrows
     init_store.close()
     nb_phenotypes = read_hdf(file_name, "PhenoList").shape[0]