Currently download methods "internal", "wget", "curl" and "lynx" are available. If wget is not possible under windows,how to use 'curl'?. thanks veepsirtt -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Download-a-file-from-url-tp4642985p4646296.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.