[R] Reading files form a server in windows

[Thomas Lumley]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Murray Jorgensen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm just wondering about file name syntax.
> 
> Instead of 
> 
> stuff <- read.table("e:/statcourses/stuff.dat")
> 
> I'd like to be able to do
> 
> stuff <- read.table("ptolemy/statcourses/stuff.dat")
> 
> or
> 
> stuff <- read.table("ptolemy.math.waikato.ac.nz/statcourses/stuff.dat")
> 
> that is, I'd like to be able to read a file from a server without
> necessarily mounting the server as a drive letter on the PC.
> 
> Is that do-able?

See help(read.table.url)

The help page should probably be linked from help(read.table)


	-thomas

Thomas Lumley
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
University of Washington, Seattle

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