Are you sure these are hdf5 files? If they are HDF4 files you will not be able to load them with the hdf5 package. I am not aware of a HDF4 package for R but I might be wrong.
If it is a HDF4 file you might find the conversion utility at http://www.hdfgroup.org/h4toh5/ useful. Cheers, Jarle. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:37 PM, karine heerah <karine.hee...@hotmail.fr> wrote: > > hello, > > I have a problem to open an hdf file. i have downloaded the package 'hdf5' as > it was advised on R seek. But when i try to load the file, the R console > sends me an eror message: > > setwd("C:/Documents and Settings/Karine/Bureau/data/") > #install.packages('hdf5') > library("hdf5") > sea_ice <- hdf5load("asi-s6250-20090704-v5i.hdf", load = TRUE, verbosity = > 3, tidy = FALSE) > Grid_ice <- hdf5load("LongitudeLatitudeGrid-s6250-Antarctic.hdf", load = > TRUE, verbosity = 3, tidy = FALSE) > >> sea_ice <- hdf5load("asi-s6250-20090704-v5i.hdf", load = TRUE, verbosity = >> 3, tidy = FALSE) > hdf5_global_verbosity=3 load=1 > Erreur dans hdf5load("asi-s6250-20090704-v5i.hdf", load = TRUE, verbosity = > 3, : > unable to open HDF file: asi-s6250-20090704-v5i.hdf >> Grid_ice <- hdf5load("LongitudeLatitudeGrid-s6250-Antarctic.hdf", load = >> TRUE, verbosity = 3, tidy = FALSE) > hdf5_global_verbosity=3 load=1 > Erreur dans hdf5load("LongitudeLatitudeGrid-s6250-Antarctic.hdf", load = > TRUE, : > unable to open HDF file: LongitudeLatitudeGrid-s6250-Antarctic.hdf > > Thanks a lot, > > Karine HEERAH > > Master 2 mention "océanographie et environnements marins", parcours océanique > > 42 rue Salvador Allende > 92000 Nanterre > 06.61.50.97.47 > > > > > > > Faites une bonne action avec Bing Solidaire ! C'est ici ! > _________________________________________________________________ > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.