[R] FTP download from ftp.sec.gov

[Bos, Roger]

Thanks to everyone for trying it out.  I guess the part that surprises me is that I currently download a file from a different FTP site every night with no problem.  I have also downloaded from web sites with no problem.  Buy now that I know the R code is okay I can look into other fixes for the problems.  Thanks again, Roger


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:17 AM
To: Gabor Grothendieck
Cc: Bos, Roger; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] FTP download from ftp.sec.gov

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> On Windows XP it worked for me on both 2.4.1 and 2.5.0.  I did notice 
> that on 2.4.1 it says "using Synchronous WinInet calls" but does not 
> say this on 2.5.0.  See below for the two transcripts.
>
>   
>> ftp <- "ftp://anonymous:test@ftp.sec.gov/edgar/full-index/company.idx"
>> download.file(url=ftp, destfile="test.txt")
>>     
> trying URL 'ftp://anonymous:test@ftp.sec.gov/edgar/full-index/company.idx'
> using Synchronous WinInet calls
> opened URL
> downloaded 33930Kb
>   
This appears to be highly system dependent. Works for me on my home machine using Fedora 6, but not on the office machine running SUSE 10. I wouldn't be surprised if firewall configuration plays a part.

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