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...s 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 below). Did i just...

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

...D_INCLUDE_BSD_SOURCE -D_INCLUDE_XOPEN_SOURCE # LIBSM = # RiscIX. # contributed by Jim Barry <jim@ilp.com> and # Charles Gay-Jones <charlie@ilp.com> # FLAGSM = -DRiscIX -DNOSTRDUP # LIBSM = # This is for System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2). # contributed by tonyb@plaza.ds.adp.com (Tony D. Birnseth) # FLAGSM = -DM88K_R3 # LIBSM = -lgen -lbsd -lnsl # This is for DNIX. # contributed by Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se> # NOTE: You may need an updated libc.a from your vendor as older # versions have broken mktime calls and no initgroups() call # NOTE2: You...