running jobs using ROOT in batch mode

Pasha Murat (murat@cdfsga.fnal.gov)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:06:45 -0600 (CST)

Robert Loke writes:
> I'm trying to run a job using root as histgraming package in batch mode
> (I can't run this in interpreter mode, since I have to use some libraries,
> which can't be loaded by the interpreter due to missing rootcint-lib).
>
> Trying to start this, the job crashes with the message:
>
> xset: can't open display ""
>

Hi Robert:
how do you run root in batch mode? did you try `root -b your_script' ?
this works even if DISPLAY is not set.
-pasha