Sorry about that & thanks for reporting. Fixed in version 1.7-23, which is on its way to CRAN. Robert -- View this message in context: http://r-sig-geo.2731867.n2.nabble.com/recent-raster-package-bricks-and-ncdfs-tp5880713p5890387.html Sent from the R-sig-geo mailing list archive at Nabble.com.