Format of a file list entry

A file list (extension .list) may be used as input to C_analyze. It will be read by TMrbAnalyze::OpenFileList(), and processed by TMrbAnalyze::ProcessFileList(). Data will be stored in a TMrbIOSpec object.

Format is

inputFile startEvent stopEvent paramFile histoFile outputFile

Item Value Meaning
inputFile
name of input file
xyz.root
contains ROOT trees
xyz.lmd
contains MBS list mode data
xyz.med
contains MBS event data
startEvent
event or time stamp to start with
N
event number
hh:mm:ss
time stamp
:nnnnnnnn
time stamp
0
read from begin of file
stopEvent
event or time stamp to stop with
N
event number
hh:mm:ss[:xxx]
time stamp
:nnnnnnnn
time stamp
0
read to end of file
paramFile
file to reload params from
xyz.root
contains ROOT objects
xyz.par
contains ASCII text
-
params remain unchanged
none
don't load params
histoFile
file to store histograms
xyz.root
clear histos in memory on start
save histos to file at EOF
+
don't clear histos
continue accumulation
save to file currently in use
outputFile
name of output file
xyz.root
write ROOT trees to file
+
append ROOT trees to file currently open
none
don't output tree data