Re: ?: run ROOT as batch job

Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 10:04:29 +0200

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Dirk Meier wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to run root as a batch job.
> For that I need to give several macros to root like in the following
> command line (initialization, running and quit root again):
>
> my_root .x Initialization.C .x Run.C .q
>
> unfortunately this syntax seems not to work.
>
> Later I need to pass this command to the Load Sharing Facilty (LSF) on
> an atlas machine at cern. Does anybody has experience using it (or any
> other batch facility with root)?
>
> merci
> Dirk Meier

Root supports batch execution. To run a list of macros and quit, do:
root -b -q mac1.C mac2.C macN.C

This is explained in the Root course number 1
see ftp:://root.cern.ch/root/course1.ps.gz
This is a Postscript file. Look at page 12

Rene Brun

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