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#1

Hello,

I currently use a TFile for reading a raw file (non ROOT format).

But now my raw file are compressed with gzip and stored on CASTOR. Root cannot allow to find my input files.

TFile * myfile = TFile::Open(“rfio:/castor/cern.ch/…/data.lhe.gz#data.lhe?filetype=raw”);

It seems that “gz” is not a “known” suffix. Is there a way to open my files in this configuration ?

Thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Eric

#2

Does it work if you rename the file to have the .root extension (can you try by just copying the file)? Just to understand where the problem is.

Cheers, Fons.