At both RAL and SLAC the user environment is configured using the HEPIX system. For the mean time, a much more light weight configuration script is being used at RHUL. If you are using csh or tcsh all you need to do is add the following lines to the bottom of your .cshrc file:
This file cointains the path of the SUN software running on babar1 and the definition of all the environment variables to be set in order to run the BaBar software. Since the releases of the software are sitting on an AFS mounted disk at RAL, the environment variables BFROOT is defined as "/afs/slac.stanford.edu/g/babar" and the variables BFDIST, BFOVERRIDE and CVSROOT are pointing to the corresponding sub-directories of BFROOT. On the PC farm this environment variables are set in a separete file and no actions have to be taken by the user.# configure the BaBar environment if ( -f /etc/babar/setup.csh ) then source /etc/babar/setup.csh endif
The most important point for a RHUL "babarian" in order to be able to run BaBar software is that she/he must always have a valid afs token from RAL.