Index: /fact/tools/rootmacros/PulseTemplates/rootfilehandler.C
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--- /fact/tools/rootmacros/PulseTemplates/rootfilehandler.C	(revision 13852)
+++ /fact/tools/rootmacros/PulseTemplates/rootfilehandler.C	(revision 13853)
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
     gFile->mkdir(subdirectory.Data());
     gFile->cd(subdirectory.Data());
-    gDirectory->pwd();
-    cout << histList;
+    if (verbosityLevel > 1)
+    {
+        gDirectory->pwd();
+    }
+//    cout << histList;
     for ( int idx = 0; idx < histList->GetSize(); idx++)
     {
@@ -147,5 +150,4 @@
 // end of SaveHistograms
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 
 TString
@@ -197,4 +199,33 @@
 }
 
+TFile*
+LoadRootFile(
+        TString         path,
+        TString         filename,
+        int             verbosityLevel
+        )
+{
+    if (verbosityLevel > 1)
+    {
+        cout << "...loading root-file: ";
+    }
+    path += filename;
+    TFile* file = TFile::Open( path );
+
+    if (file->IsZombie())
+    {
+        cerr << "file does not exist" << endl;
+        delete file;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    else
+    if (verbosityLevel > 1)
+    {
+        cout << path ;
+        cout << " ...successfull" << endl;
+    }
+    return file;
+}
+
 TString
 SetHostsPaths(
@@ -219,5 +250,5 @@
 
         dataDirectory = "/fhgfs/groups/app/fact-construction/";
-        homeDirectory = "/home/jbuss/";
+        homeDirectory = "/fhgfs/users/jbuss/";
     }
     else