to run AliRoot in batch mode is provided amongst the examples, and it can
be used in the following way to run a 10 events run
-<p> <KBD> aliroot -b grun.C\(10\)</KBD>
+<p> <KBD> aliroot -b -q grun.C\(10\)</KBD>
<p> Note that the backslashes are necessary to prevent the shell from
interpreting the brackets.