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...he help file, it is my understanding the the download.file() function does not support HTTPS connections. So therefore, understandably, the follow produces an error: ### R Code > url <- "https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-October/thread.html" > destfile <- "//PFO-SBS001/Redirected/tonyb/Desktop/R_web_test/tmp.txt" > download.file(url, destfile) Error in download.file(url, destfile) : unsupported URL scheme My question is: What about if i remove the 's' from the 'https' url? The download.file() function seems to now work fine (please see be...

Hi, I was trying to copy a directory from one location to another. Is there a command to do this (similar to the file.copy command)? thanks! [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Hello R Experts, does anyone know how to run R programs automatically using the window scheduler? I want to run some R programs automatically and make the results available via web. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards / С наилучшими пожеланиями / üdvözlettel Thorsten [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Dear list, I am trying to download a text file from an ftp site using download.file(). I used the following code: url <- "ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/history/idaho/13e19.txt" dest <- "c:/test/downloadtest.txt" download.file(url, dest) I get this error message, indicating that R is unable to open the connection: trying URL

Dear R-help, There seems to be a web page I am unable to download using RCurl. I don't understand why it won't download: > library(RCurl) > my.url <- "http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html?_r=2" > getURL(my.url) [1] "" Other web pages are ok to download but this is the first time I have been unable to download a