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Example of how to get data from an ftp site using R
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| library(RCurl) | |
| # code in the address | |
| address <- 'ftp://user:[email protected]' | |
| # get the list of files | |
| items <- strsplit(getURL(address, .opts=curlOptions(ftplistonly=TRUE)), "\r\n")[[1]] | |
| # download a file | |
| download.file(paste0(address, "/",items[1]) , items[1]) |
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