Re: newbie question

Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:33:29 +0100

Stephen Adler wrote:
>
> what is the equivalent to .pawlogon.kumac for root? The .rootrc
> file does not seem to execute statments.
>
> for example
>
> [adler@ssadler root.stuff]$ more .rootrc
> {
> printf("Hello\n");
> }
>
> does not give me a
>
> Hello
>
> when I start root.
>
> Steve.

Hi Steve,
the file .rootrc contains the list of files to be executed
at the start/end of a Root session + some extras.
We propose the convention to name "rootlogon.C" the file to be
executed at startup.

See page 12 of
ftp:://root.cern.ch/root/course1.ps.gz

Rene Brun