root:// protocol

O'NEEL Bruce (beoneel@acm.org)
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:11:43 +0100 (MET)


Hi,
In looking at http://root.cern.ch/root/NetFile.html two questions
come to mind.

1. Is there some documentation on the root:// protocal
2. Can you access other files other than root ones, ie, does rootd
know something about root files, or, is it just sending the byte
ranges you ask for.

I'm interested in them because I'd like to add a root:// protocal
handler to cfitsio to match it with the ftp:// and http:// protocal
handlers, and, I'd prefer not to reverse engineer it from the code if
possible. While we're at it, is the source for rootd available?

Thanks!

cheers.

bruce

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