[R] xdr real data read error

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, James Rimmer wrote:

> Hello all
>
> I have received a message when attempting to load a workspace in R1.3, which
> reads: 'an xdr real data read error occured'. Has anyone come across this
> error message before?

It means that either your file is corrupt or your file reading system is
corrupt.  We've seen it with large workspaces on networked file systems
when a switch was dropping packets (it transpired).

In short, look to your hardware, not R.


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