[R] ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch not accessible?

[Marc Schwartz]

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 11:28, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> Marc Schwartz wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I have been trying to get to the ftp site to download the R patched
> > tarball and cannot seem to get to it today.
> > 
> > I have tried via browser, gFTP and get without success. I can seem to do
> > an anonymous login, but that is as far as I can go.
> > 
> > Is there a known issue with the site today?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> 
> Marc,
> 
> let's wait until Monday.
> Then it will be time to ask the tech staff at ETH Zurich for help, given 
> they will not have found it out themselves and fixed the problem.
> 
> (Martin Maechler is on holidays, so we should not disturb him.
> Hmm - last time Martin was on holidays the R-help list broke down....... 
> ;-) )
> 
> Uwe


Uwe,

Thanks for your follow up. I agree on all counts.

As I mentioned in my follow up, I was able to achieve success via rsync,
so there is a workaround available.

Perhaps we need to clone Martin?  ;-)

Best regards,

Marc