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...t; vs. GET), and so the same URL doesn't work for both. (See >> http://stackoverflow.com/a/20580036/412655) >> >> Any help would be appreciated! > > > I think I introduced this, in > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > r69280 | morgan | 2015-09-03 06:24:49 -0400 (Thu, 03 Sep 2015) | 4 lines > > don't create empty file on 404 and similar errors > > - download.file(method="libcurl") > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The idea was to test t...

In R 3.2.4, if you ran download.file(method="libcurl"), it issues a HTTP GET request for the file. However, in R 3.3.0, it issues a HTTP HEAD request first, and then a GET requet. This can result in problems when the web server gives an error for a HEAD request, even if the file is available with a GET request. Is it possible to tell download.file to simply send a GET request, without

...computed with the request type (HEAD > vs. GET), and so the same URL doesn't work for both. (See > http://stackoverflow.com/a/20580036/412655) > > Any help would be appreciated! I think I introduced this, in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r69280 | morgan | 2015-09-03 06:24:49 -0400 (Thu, 03 Sep 2015) | 4 lines don't create empty file on 404 and similar errors - download.file(method="libcurl") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The idea was to test that the file can be downloaded befor...