[R] ftp connections for uploading files

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Try system() with curl or a decent ftp client (I don't see that package 
RCurl covers this, but it might despite its description only mentioning 
HTTP).  From 'man curl'

    curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user authen-
    tication,  ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file trans-
    fer resume and more. As you will see below, the amount of features will
    make your head spin!

Ftp protocols (and there are more than one) are fiendishly complicated, 
especially if proxies are involved.

BTW, this is yet another case where knowing your OS would have helped 
give a more precise answer. See the posting guide.

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Thomas Loridan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to upload some plots I create wth R via ftp or something
> similar but I don t really understand which command/syntax I should
> use:
> should I go for  make.socket + write.socket or try and create
> environment variables like frp_proxy_user and then ftp my files? how?
>
> many thanks for your help
>
> Thomas
>
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