If you are having problems with the default download.file method you can try method = "wget":
f <- "ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/history/idaho/13e19.txt"; download.file(f, basename(f), method = "wget") On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM, zack holden <zack_hol...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear list, > > I'm trying to download a text file directly from the internet using the RCurl > package and the command getURL. Duncan Lang graciously helped me solve the > first step in this problem using the following command: > > ################# > txtfile <- > getURL('ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/snow_course/table/history/idaho/13e19.txt', > ftp.use.epsv = FALSE) > ################# > > This brings the text file into R in a single long character string. I've > spent many hours now trying to bring this text file into R into a sensible > form. I've tried every variant of different commands in getURL help file, as > well as different > strsplit() commands to try to break this character string into a sensible > rows and columns, to no avail. > > Can anyone suggest a solution for doing this? I suspect there is a getURL > command I'm missing. Alternatively, do I really have to break this long > character string into rows and columns that I can then assemble into a table? > > I'd be grateful for any advice. > > Thanks in advance, > > Zack > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
