On 28-08-2012, at 16:57, TwistedSkies wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am receiving a 'Permission Denied' error when trying to use the R Download
> funtion.
>
> I am wondering if this is a:
>
> - Error in the code
> - Permissions issue at source
> - Permissions issue at destination.
>
> If you could shed any light on this it would be very much appreciated, below
> is a sample of the code.
>
>
> Code
>
> download.file("http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/api/AL092012_029adv_CONE.kmz";,
> "C:\\Users\\jones\\Desktop")
> print("Downloaded File")
>
> Error
>
> Error in
> download.file("http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/api/AL092012_029adv_CONE.kmz";,
>
> :
> cannot open destfile C:\\Users\\jones\\Desktop, reason 'Permission denied'
>
If you read the description of the destfile argument of download.file
destfile A character string with the name where the downloaded file is
saved. Tilde-expansion is performed.
the error in your code is that you specified a directory as destination. It
must be a file: ""C:\\Users\\jones\\Desktop\\downloadedfile.kmz".
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