README for his2root and hisReader executables.
November 12th, 2015
Cory R. Thornsberry

1) Getting the source
	git clone https://github.com/cthornsb/his2root.git
	This command will make a new directory named "his2root" in the current
	directory.

2) Installation
	NOTE: Root 5 or higher must be installed in order to install his2root.
	By default, the executables are installed to "./his2root/".
	To install his2root, cd to the directory containing the his2root git
	repository and simply type "make". The Makefile will handle the
	compilation of the source code.
	
	To install the binaries, type "make install". This will create symbolic
	links to the executables in your home bin directory (~/bin/ by default).
	To change the install location, change the variable named "INSTALL_DIR"
	in the Makefile.
	
3) Using his2root
	SYNTAX: ./his2root [prefix] <options>
	 Available options:
	  --verbose | Print .drr histogram information.

	his2root may be used to convert every histogram in a .his file into root
	TH1 or TH2. The original input .his file will be left unchanged by this
	program.
	
	his2root will NOT overwrite output root files of the same name without
	asking if you wish to do so.

	prefix is the .his filename without the extension e.g. if you have a 
	directory with the following files
		/home/you/hisfiles/test.his
		/home/you/hisfiles/test.drr
		/home/you/hisfiles/test.list
		/home/you/hisfiles/test.log
	You would call "./his2root /home/you/hisfiles/test". The program will
	automatically load the .his file and .drr file and will output a root
	file named test.root. Note that if either the .his file or the .drr
	file do not exist, the program will terminate.
	
	Passing the "--verbose" flag will print detailed information about each
	histogram which is present in the .drr file.
	
	NOTE: The .his file is basically a large chunk of memory. The .drr file
	contains all of the information which makes the .his file useful. If the
	.his file contains less data than the .drr file says it should contain,
	the program may crash.
	 
4) Using hisReader
	SYNTAX: ./hisReader [prefix]
	
	hisReader may be used to print detailed information about each histogram
	in the .drr file but does not actually convert anything and does not
	make an output file.
	
	hisReader takes no optional arguments. Follow the instructions listed
	above for his2root.
	
5) Cleaning up
	Typing "make clean" in the ./his2root/ directory will clean all compiled
	c++ object files which were used to link the executables but will leave
	the executables untouched. It is safe to do "make clean" after compiling
	the executables.
	
	Typing "make tidy" will remove the executables in addition to the c++
	object files. It will also remove the symbolic links which were installed
	to the install directory (if available). This command will effectively
	uninstall his2root and hisReader from the system.