Hello I am trying read nc rainfall files directly from the UK centre for hydrology and ecology website - hourly:about 300Mb https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/fc9423d6-3d54-467f-bb2b-fc7357a3941f/ and daily about 90Mb https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/2ab15bf0-ad08-415c-ba64-831168be7293/precip/
I can download them "by hand" no problem using the ncdf4 package but there's lots and I wanted to streamline the process code I've used (which works for "by hand" downloading) is (for example) nc_data<-nc_open(" https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/2ab15bf0-ad08-415c-ba64-831168be7293/precip/chess-met_precip_gb_1km_daily_19610301-19610331.nc ") However, when I run this I don't get an error message but R just sits there with the little red circle (at least 30 minutes for the 90Mb files) What I'm wondering is two things - a)is the data in fact downloading but it's just taking ages and I need to let it run and go and have a coffee b)is there (I can't find anything) within R which allows me to monitor the progress of the download, if in fact it is taking place? Thanks Nick Wray [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.