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2006 Jun 15
2
download.file() yields incomplete files with method="internal"
...give you some pieces
of code, as I have the same or similar problem. The problem always shows up
with the first example (a small text file) and only sometimes (but without
obvious pattern) with the second example, which is a binary file.
> download.file("ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/atcf/btk/bal012006.dat",
"C:/temp/bal012006.dat", method = 'internal', mode = 'w', cacheOK = FALSE)
trying URL 'ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/atcf/btk/bal012006.dat'
ftp data connection made, file length 5110 bytes
opened URL
downloaded 0 bytes
Warning message:
downloaded length 0...