diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- PandoraFrontend.cpp	24 Sep 2010 07:22:50 -0000	1.4
+++ PandoraFrontend.cpp	26 Oct 2010 08:42:25 -0000	1.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

-//$Id: PandoraFrontend.cpp,v 1.4 2010/09/24 07:22:50 speckmay Exp $

+//$Id: PandoraFrontend.cpp,v 1.5 2010/10/26 08:42:25 speckmay Exp $

 
 /**
  * This is a simple frontend to run slicPandora.  It takes an ordered list of arguments.  (See usage method.)

@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@

 
 void printUsage()
 {

-    cout << "./bin/PandoraFrontend geometry.xml pandoraSettings.xml inputEvents.slcio reconOutput.slcio nevents" << endl << endl;

+    cout << "./bin/PandoraFrontend geometry.xml pandoraSettings.xml inputEvents.slcio reconOutput.slcio nevents skip" << endl << endl;

     cout << "The [nevents] argument is optional.  By default, PandoraFrontend will run over all of the input events." << std::endl;

+    cout << "The [skip] argument is optional.  By default, PandoraFrontend will start at the first event." << std::endl;

 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int nargs = argc - 1;
 

-    if (nargs < 4 || nargs > 5)

+    if (nargs < 4 || nargs > 6)

     {
         printUsage();
         exit(1);

@@ -49,6 +50,13 @@

         nevents = atoi(argv[5]);
     }
 

+    // skip events (optional).
+    int skipEvents = -1;
+    if (nargs == 6)
+    {
+        skipEvents = atoi(argv[6]);
+    }
+

     // Print out arguments before starting job.
     cout << "PandoraFrontend got " << nargs << " arguments ..." << endl;
     cout << "    geometry: " << geometry << endl;

@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@

     cout << "    inputEvents: " << inputEvents << endl;
     cout << "    outputEvents: " << outputEvents << endl;
     cout << "    nevents: " << nevents << endl << endl;

+    cout << "    skip: " << skipEvents << endl << endl;

 
     // Create the job configuration from the command line arguments.
     JobConfig* config = new JobConfig();

@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@

     config->addInputFile(inputEvents);
     config->setOutputFile(outputEvents);
     config->setNumberOfEvents(nevents);

+    config->setSkipEvents(skipEvents);

 
     // Make a new job manager.
     JobManager* mgr = new JobManager();