R help - Jul 2010 - Accessing files on password-protected FTP sites

Hello everyone,

Is it possible to download data from password-protected ftp sites?  I saw
another thread with instructions for uploading files using RCurl, but I
could not find information for downloading them in the RCurl documentation.

I am using R 2.11 on a Windows XP 32-bit machine.

Thanks in advance,

Cliff
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There is a standard notation for passwords in urls ... see for example
http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/5604

"Cliff Clive" <cliffclive at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>Is it possible to download data from password-protected ftp sites?  I saw
>another thread with instructions for uploading files using RCurl, but I
>could not find information for downloading them in the RCurl documentation.
>
>I am using R 2.11 on a Windows XP 32-bit machine.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Cliff
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> Is it possible to download data from password-protected ftp sites?  I saw
> another thread with instructions for uploading files using RCurl, but I
> could not find information for downloading them in the RCurl documentation.
Did you try the ?getURL function in RCurl?  See the  `Test the 
passwords` example in the examples on the help page...