root(1)

root(1) General Commands Manual root(1)

SYNOPSIS

usage: root [-b B] [-x X] [-e E] [-n N] [-t T] [-q Q] [-l L] [-config CONFIG]
[-memstat MEMSTAT] [-h HELP] [--version VERSION]
[--notebook NOTEBOOK] [--web WEB] [--web=<browser> WEB=<BROWSER>]
[dir] [file:data.root] [file1.C...fileN.C]

DESCRIPTION

ROOTs Object-Oriented Technologies.

root is an interactive interpreter of C++ code. It uses the ROOT framework. For more information on ROOT, please refer to

An extensive Users Guide is available from that site (see below).

OPTIONS

-b
Run in batch mode without graphics
-x
Exit on exceptions
-e
Execute the command passed between single quotes
-n
Do not execute logon and logoff macros as specified in .rootrc
-t
Enable thread-safety and implicit multi-threading (IMT)
-q
Exit after processing command line macro files
-l
Do not show splash screen
-config
print ./configure options
-memstat
run with memory usage monitoring
-h -? --help
Show summary of options
--version
Show the ROOT version
--notebook
Execute ROOT notebook
--web
Display graphics in a default web browser
--web=<browser>
Display graphics in specified web browser
[dir]
if dir is a valid directory cd to it before executing
[file:data.root]
Open the ROOT file data.root
[file1.C...fileN.C]
Execute the the ROOT macro file1.C ... fileN.C