Index: fact/tools/rootmacros/run.py
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--- fact/tools/rootmacros/run.py	(revision 12607)
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+#
+
+import glob
+from os import system
+
+# zipped or unzipped data ?
+zip = '.gz' # set to '' for unzipped data
+
+# path to the raw data: zipped /data00  unzipped /data03 !!!
+path = '/data00/fact-construction/raw/'
+
+# where to store the results and how to tag them
+respath = '../res/' # the path to the store for the results
+restag = 'bsl'      # the tag for identifying the type of analysis run on the data
+rmname = 'fbsl.C'   # the root macro to run for the analysis
+rmpath = '../rootmacros/'        # path to the root macro
+rmacro = rmpath + rmname + '++'  # compose the macro name (++ instructs root to compile it first)
+
+# the list of runs which should be processed ( could later be read from a file...)
+# format: ( 'drsfileID = BBB', 'datafileid = AAA', 'DD', 'MM', 'YYYY' )
+# example: 20111109_003.fits = YYYYMMDD_AAA.fits
+# example: 20111109_003.drs.fits = YYYYMMDD_BBB.fits
+
+runlist = []
+
+#runlist.append( ( '003', '003', '09', '11', '2011') )
+#runlist.append( ( '003', '004', '09', '11', '2011') )
+#runlist.append( ( '003', '005', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '003', '006', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '003', '007', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '008', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '010', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '011', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '012', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '013', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '014', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '017', '09', '11', '2011') )
+runlist.append( ( '017', '018', '09', '11', '2011') )
+
+# iterate over the list of runs
+for run in runlist:
+
+    # decompose the run info
+    drs, data, day, month, year =  run
+
+    # set the path to the data 
+    dpath = path + year +'/' + month + '/' + day + '/'
+    print 'working on datapath: ', dpath
+
+    # generate the input file names (data and drs calibration)
+    dfname = year + month + day + '_' + data
+    drsfname = year + month + day + '_' + drs
+    dfile =  dpath + dfname + '.fits' + zip
+    drsfile = dpath + drsfname +'.drs.fits' + zip
+    print 'data file: ', dfile
+    print 'drs file : ', drsfile
+
+    # generate the file names for stroning the results
+    resdfile = respath + dfname + '_' + restag + '.txt'
+    reshfile = respath + dfname + '_' + restag + '.root'
+    print 'result data file: ', resdfile
+    print 'result historgram file: ', reshfile
+
+    # compose the command and run it
+    cmd = 'root -b -q \'' + rmacro + '(\"' + dfile + '\", \"' + drsfile + '\", 0, -1, 0, -1, \"' + resdfile + '\", \"' + reshfile + '\") \' '
+    print 'execution cmd: ', cmd
+    system( cmd )
+