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--- root:troubleshooting [2009/06/24 11:54] – decianm
+++ root:troubleshooting [2013/06/14 12:14] (current) – nchiap
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-====== Troubleshooting in ROOT ======
+====== Root-files ======
+Root-files can be the source of various problems.
+Usually they are caused by hidden changes in the internal state of ROOT.
+ROOT stores the active directory and uses this to create new objects and look for existing ones.
+The active directory is changed when a new file is opened.
+This can lead to unexpected behaviours and hard to trace bugs.
 ===== Empty Files =====
-When you write a ROOT-file in a method with:
-<code>
+When you get an an empty ROOT-file, check the right order of the files.
-file->Write()
+Don't do
-</code>
+<code C>
-and the file exists, but is empty, check the right order of the files: Do
+TFile* outputFile = new TFile("myOutputFile.root", "RECREATE");
-<code>
 TFile* inputFile = TFile::Open("myInputFile.root");
-TFile* outputFile = new TFile("myOutputFile.root", "RECREATE");
 // your code
 outputFile->Write();
 </code>
-but don't
-<code>
+but instead do:
+<code C>
+TFile* inputFile = TFile::Open("myInputFile.root");
 TFile* outputFile = new TFile("myOutputFile.root", "RECREATE");
-TFile* inputFile = TFile::Open("myInputFile.root");
 // your code
 outputFile->Write();
 </code>
-as your file will be empty.

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