root - Man Page
Synopsis
usage: root [-b B] [-x X] [-e E] [-n N] [-t T] [-q Q] [-l L] [-a A]
[-config CONFIG] [-h HELP] [--version VERSION]
[--notebook NOTEBOOK] [--web WEB] [--web=<browser> WEB=<BROWSER>]
[dir] [data1.root...dataN.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 the ROOT banner
- -a
Show the ROOT splash screen
- -config
print ./configure options
- -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
- [data1.root...dataN.root]
Open the given ROOT files; remote protocols (such as http://) are supported
- [file1.C...fileN.C]
Execute the ROOT macro file1.C ... fileN.C.
Compilation flags as well as macro arguments can be passed, see format in https://root.cern/manual/root_macros_and_shared_libraries/
Referenced By
g2root(1), h2root(1), proofserv(1), rmkdepend(1), root-config(1), root.exe(1), rootn.exe(1), roots.exe(1).