I'd like to search the r-help mail archives. However, it takes a long time to load the html archive for my searches. Is there a simple way to download the entire http://cran.r-project.org/doc/mail-archives/r-help/ archives in text format so I can execute simple grep searches? thanks, Mike -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> "MikeS" == Michael D Sohn <mdsohn at lbl.gov> writes:MikeS> I'd like to search the r-help mail archives. MikeS> However, it takes a long time to load the html MikeS> archive for my searches. Is there a simple way to MikeS> download the entire MikeS> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/mail-archives/r-help/ MikeS> archives in text format so I can execute simple grep MikeS> searches? wget --mirror http://cran.r-project.org/doc/mail-archives/r-help {if your system hasn't got "wget" -- get it !} But please don't everyone try the above. It's quite a huge thing, and I don't think it will make Kurt, Fritz etc nor the TU Wien IT-people very happy! -- Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> http://stat.ethz.ch/~maechler/ Seminar fuer Statistik, ETH-Zentrum LEO C16 Leonhardstr. 27 ETH (Federal Inst. Technology) 8092 Zurich SWITZERLAND phone: x-41-1-632-3408 fax: ...-1228 <>< -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>>> "MikeS" == Michael D Sohn <mdsohn at lbl.gov> writes: > > MikeS> I'd like to search the r-help mail archives. > MikeS> However, it takes a long time to load the html > MikeS> archive for my searches. Is there a simple way to > MikeS> download the entire > MikeS> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/mail-archives/r-help/ > MikeS> archives in text format so I can execute simple grep > MikeS> searches? > >wget --mirror http://cran.r-project.org/doc/mail-archives/r-helpAnother way is to use the htdig search tool at http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu Although I love "grep," I can't imagine what you can do with it that you can't also do with the htdig search tool. For example, you can do logical expressions with "NOT", mimicking the effect of "grep -v". There is a link to thie in the main R page, under "Search," so you don't need to remember it. Jon Baron -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
An alternative method of searching the archives is to use google and specify the host using a search of the form: site:r-project.org rpart NA for instance would search both the r mailing list archives and the online documentation for the terms "rpart" and "NA" BTW, it might be very easy to add a search box to the R project pages to do this. Just add an input box and feed the results to google in the proper form. The link for this query is: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ar-project.org+rpart+NA -Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael D. Sohn [mailto:mdsohn at lbl.gov] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:23 AM > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] extracting entire mail archive > > > I'd like to search the r-help mail archives. However, it > takes a long > time to load the html archive for my searches. Is there a > simple way to > download the entire > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/mail-archives/r-help/ > archives in text format so I can execute simple grep searches? > > thanks, > Mike > > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > r-help mailing list -- Read > http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" > (in the "body", not the subject !) To: > r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ > ._._._._._._._._._ > LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._