[gdal-dev] Reading ArcInfo binary grids with the R rgdal package fails with "GDAL Error 3: Attempt to read past EOF in ..../arc.dir"

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Jason Roberts<jason.roberts at duke.edu> wrote:
> I have some R code that reads ArcInfo binary grids using the rgdal package.
> This code has worked for a long time. Now, with the latest versions of
> everything it is failing with the message:
>
>
>
> GDAL Error 3: Attempt to read past EOF in
> C:\Temp\GeoEcoTemp_Jason\tmphrgwuo\projected0/../info/arc.dir.
>

I have the same problem (Linux). Apparently it is no real problem,
the data appear to be complete. However, it would be nicer to not see
such an error message :)

See also
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2447
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/3031

Markus