I ran your script on Windows Vista Ultimate, SP1 and it worked fine: ## R start... > url <- > 'ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/history/idaho/13e19.txt' > dest <- "//PFO-SBS001/Redirected/tonyb/Desktop/test/downloadtest.txt" > download.file(url, dest) trying URL 'ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/ history/idaho/13e19.txt' ftp data connection made, file length 5026 bytes opened URL downloaded 5026 bytes ## R end.
> sessionInfo() R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom. 1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom. 1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > On 12 Jan, 14:51, zack holden <zack_hol...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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..."; > 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 > 'ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/history/idaho... > Error in download.file(url, dest) : > cannot open URL > 'ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/history/idaho... > > I'm sure there is a simple solution that allows R to open this connection, > but after reading the "url" help file for an hour, I can't seem to find the > solution. Is anyone willing to help me solve this problem? > > thanks in advance for any advice, > > Zack > > ______________________________________________ > r-h...@r-project.org mailing listhttps://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guidehttp://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ 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.
