Hi Chib >>whether there is a way of handling the error you get in the download.file() function
I think the function "try" will do this for you. That is, handle the error. Have a look at ?try. Regards John Seers --- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CHIB CO Sent: 01 April 2008 15:28 To: jim holtman Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] download.file error Hi Jim, I just wanted to know if there is a function in R that can tell you whether a file on the internet exists before you attempt to download it or whether there is a way of handling the error you get in the download.file() function without having it break a for loop with the download error when it is part of that loop. Kind Regards Chib ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
