Perform piped alignment of fastq input files, generating sorted output BAM.

def align_pipe(fastq_file, pair_file, ref_file, names, align_dir, data):
    """Perform piped alignment of fastq input files, generating sorted output BAM.
    """
    pair_file = pair_file if pair_file else ""
    # back compatible -- older files were named with lane information, use sample name now
    out_file = os.path.join(align_dir, "{0}-sort.bam".format(names["lane"]))
    if not utils.file_exists(out_file):
        out_file = os.path.join(align_dir, "{0}-sort.bam".format(dd.get_sample_name(data)))
    if data.get("align_split") or fastq_file.endswith(".sdf"):
        final_file = out_file
        out_file, data = alignprep.setup_combine(final_file, data)
        fastq_file, pair_file = alignprep.split_namedpipe_cls(fastq_file, pair_file, data)
    else:
        final_file = None
    samtools = config_utils.get_program("samtools", data["config"])
    novoalign = config_utils.get_program("novoalign", data["config"])
    resources = config_utils.get_resources("novoalign", data["config"])
    num_cores = data["config"]["algorithm"].get("num_cores", 1)
    max_mem = resources.get("memory", "1G")
    extra_novo_args = " ".join(_novoalign_args_from_config(data["config"]))
    rg_info = get_rg_info(names)
    if not utils.file_exists(out_file) and (final_file is None or not utils.file_exists(final_file)):
        with tx_tmpdir(data) as work_dir:
            with postalign.tobam_cl(data, out_file, pair_file != "") as (tobam_cl, tx_out_file):
                tx_out_prefix = os.path.splitext(tx_out_file)[0]
                cmd = ("unset JAVA_HOME && "
                       "{novoalign} -o SAM '{rg_info}' -d {ref_file} -f {fastq_file} {pair_file} "
                       "  -c {num_cores} {extra_novo_args} | ")
                cmd = (cmd + tobam_cl).format(**locals())
                do.run(cmd, "Novoalign: %s" % names["sample"], None,
                       [do.file_nonempty(tx_out_file), do.file_reasonable_size(tx_out_file, fastq_file)])
    data["work_bam"] = out_file
    return data