R help - Jan 2009 - Reading nc files

Dear all,

I have to open and read several netCDF (.nc) files. I installed the
ncdf package and everything works fine.

The problem is that I also have several netCDF files that are also
ziped. These files are in the form,:

nc_file.gz

I tried different ways (within R) to unzip and read them, but they did not work.

I'll appreciate any suggestion on how to do that.

Thanks,

Magdalena Lucini

You need to use a utility program to unpack the .gz file type and that  
would be specific to your OS.

-- 
David Winsemius


On Jan 23, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Magdalena Lucini wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have to open and read several netCDF (.nc) files. I installed the
> ncdf package and everything works fine.
>
> The problem is that I also have several netCDF files that are also
> ziped. These files are in the form,:
>
> nc_file.gz
>
> I tried different ways (within R) to unzip and read them, but they  
> did not work.
>
> I'll appreciate any suggestion on how to do that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Magdalena Lucini
>
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