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List file contents of an ftp directory
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list_ftp_contents.R
list_ftp_contents <- function( url, sep="[\r\n]", fixed=FALSE ) {
require(RCurl)
# require(reshape2)
x <- getURL( url, ftp.use.epsv = FALSE, dirlistonly = TRUE )
y <- unlist( strsplit( x, sep, fixed=fixed ) )
z <- y[ y!="" ]
return(z)
}
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