[Gate-users] filemerger...

[Jan De Beenhouwer]

On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 12:08 +0200, Samuel BURG wrote:
> Dear MJ,
> 
> I have also lot of problems with gjm.
> One 'easy' solution is to do a 'fast merge' with gjm and the to use a
> TChain under ROOT to post-process your (multiple files) data.
> 
> Pro : it works, no need to update any code
> Cons : files 25% bigger, not very fun


This isn't the case if you only merge the tree or leaves of the tree
that you need. If you disable the Gate ntuple, then spect root files are
quite small.
The file merger should work on all root files generated by Gate, fast
mode or not.

If you experience problems then check the following:
- are your environment setting set for cluster gate ? if they are, then
any root file generated should have a latest_event_id histogram with an
entry in it. ->Park MJ: your root files have no entry in that histogram.

- are you using a recent root version ? Try root v5 at least. ->Park MJ:
merging your files with an older root version gave a segmentation fault.
With root v5.12 it displays an error about an empty latest_event_id
histogram.

- can you load the individual root files before merging ? You should be
able to open them with root and view the contents with a TBrowser.

- you can test all this with the cluster benchmark

If you are still having a problem then send a test case like Park MJ
did.

Regards,

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