On Mon, 14 Nov 2022, Nick Wray writes: > 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 >
Have you tried 'download.file'? It should provide a progress bar if the file size is known. I'd first download the file, and then read it. -- Enrico Schumann Lucerne, Switzerland http://enricoschumann.net ______________________________________________ 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.