[R] Readbin and file position

[Jonathan Greenberg]

I have a binary file which is an image with multiple bands, arranged in BSQ
format such that R, B and G are all N x M sized matrices (corresponding to
Red, Blue and Green colors respectively).  The BSQ file arranges the data as
[R, B, G], so to access the B matrix, I have to read forward N x M + 1
number of samples.  Is there a fast way to define a variable as the B matrix
exclusively (e.g. Can I use readbin to "fast forward" N x M + 1 samples to
the beginning of the B matrix, and then read/define the B matrix
exclusively, or do I have to read the entire file into memory, then subset
out the B matrix?)

Thanks!

--j

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