Add error when // is missing from xrootd path (#295)

* Add error when // is missing from xrootd path Co-authored-by: Jerry Ling <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Jerry Ling <[email protected]>
JuliaHEP · Nov 29, 2023 · 5dc0d10 · 5dc0d10
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diff --git a/src/root.jl b/src/root.jl
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ function ROOTFile(filename::AbstractString; customstructs = Dict("TLorentzVector
     fobj = if startswith(filename, r"https?://")
         HTTPStream(filename)
     elseif startswith(filename, "root://")
+        length(findall("//", filename)) == 2 || error("The xrootd URL is illegal: missing the '//' separator between the server and the path (e.g. 'root://server:1234//path/to/file.root')")
         sep_idx = findlast("//", filename)
         baseurl = filename[8:first(sep_idx)-1]
         filepath = filename[last(sep_idx):end]