R help - Jul 2009 - Downloaded file is larger than the starting file

I'm running R for windows 2.9.1.  When I use a script to download a file
from the internet, the file is 1,496 bytes larger than the reported file size in
the download process.  It doesn't give the correct answer when I process it
but it doesn't appear to be completely corrupt as the processing script
runs.  I can download the file from Firefox and the size of the downloaded file
is correct.  I tried starting with the internet2 flag set and it didn't
help.  The url of the file is:
http://iup.physik.uni-bremen.de:8084/amsredata/asi_daygrid_swath/l1a/n6250/2009/jun/asi-n6250-20090603-v5.hdf
. Is this a bug or do I have some configuration problem with my computer?

Thanks,

DeWitt Payne

We cannot know without seeing your script.

Uwe Ligges



DeWitt Payne wrote:
> I'm running R for windows 2.9.1.  When I use a script to download a
file from the internet, the file is 1,496 bytes larger than the reported file
size in the download process.  It doesn't give the correct answer when I
process it but it doesn't appear to be completely corrupt as the processing
script runs.  I can download the file from Firefox and the size of the
downloaded file is correct.  I tried starting with the internet2 flag set and it
didn't help.  The url of the file is:
>
http://iup.physik.uni-bremen.de:8084/amsredata/asi_daygrid_swath/l1a/n6250/2009/jun/asi-n6250-20090603-v5.hdf
. Is this a bug or do I have some configuration problem with my computer?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> DeWitt Payne
> 
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