[R] Opening Data Via FTP

[Brett A Magill]

Hello all,

I am trying to read a table in via ftp, something like this:

  read.table("ftp://ftp.the.file.com/the/directory/file.txt")

The trouble with that is, our ftp server is picky and wants my username and password.  Oh, bother.  My question:  Is there a way to send user/pass and read the file into R?

I am using R 1.5.1 on Windows 98.  

Thanks,


Brett A. Magill, Evaluator
Research, Assessment, and Evaluation
Saint Louis Public Schools
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