Hi John Seers,

thanks for the tip, it works.

Kind Regards

Chib



> Subject: RE: [R] download.file error
> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:39:01 +0100
> From: john.seers@bbsrc.ac.uk
> To: chibco@hotmail.com; jholtman@gmail.com
> CC: r-help@r-project.org
> 
>  Hi Chib
> 
> >>whether there is a way of handling the error you get in the
> download.file() function
> 
> I think the function "try" will do this for you. That is, handle the
> error.
> 
> Have a look at ?try.
> 
> Regards
> 
> John Seers 
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-project.org]
> On Behalf Of CHIB CO
> Sent: 01 April 2008 15:28
> To: jim holtman
> Cc: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] download.file error
> 
> Hi Jim,
>  
> I just wanted to know if there is a function in R that can tell you
> whether a file on the internet exists before you attempt to download it
> or whether there is a way of handling the error you get in the
> download.file() function without having it break a for loop with the
> download error when it is part of that loop.
> Kind Regards
> Chib

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