TChain not finding trees in input file

[hray]

ROOT 6.18/04
running on linux
gcc 8.3.0

I’m trying to use TChain to chain in a bunch of data files together. These files each have two trees: rawdata and pulses.

I have code that many posters on ROOTTalk / the ROOT manual say will work but does not. Can anyone help?

code:

 TChain *chain_rawdata = new TChain("rawdata");
  chain_rawdata -> Add("/PDSout_run000110-00049*_physics.root");
  
// the TChain declaration should have gotten the tree named rawdata

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issue when trying to run:

Error in <TChain::LoadTree>: Cannot find tree with name rawdata in file PDSout_run000110-000490_10-17-2354_physics.root

(note I get this Error message for all 7 files I’m trying to chain in - numbers 490 - 496)

I opened this file in ROOT and it clearly does have rawdata and pulses trees in it.

Thanks
Heather

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[pcanal]

Does the file PDSout_run000110-000490_10-17-2354_physics.root exist?
Does it contain the TTree rawdata in the top level ‘directory’ or in a subdirectory?
Does it work when you add just one file?

[hray]

ugh, it does, but it is rawData, not rawdata.

my TChain code is now working, and a wildcard * does work in TChain for me.

Is there a way to print the list of files included in a chain, as a debug check?

Thanks
Heather

[pcanal]

chain->GetListOfFiles()->ls();