[R-sig-Geo] reading PRISM data from ftp [OT]

[Andy Bunn]

>   Well, you dont say in what way it doesn't work. I get:
> 
>  > 
> download.file('ftp://ocs.oce.orst.edu/pub/prism/us/grids/tdmean/20
> 00-2009/us_tdmean_2004.01.gz',tmp)
> trying URL 
> 'ftp://ocs.oce.orst.edu/pub/prism/us/grids/tdmean/2000-2009/us_tdm
> ean_2004.01.gz'
> Error in 
> download.file("ftp://ocs.oce.orst.edu/pub/prism/us/grids/tdmean/20
> 00-2009/us_tdmean_2004.01.gz", 
>   :
>          cannot open URL 
> 'ftp://ocs.oce.orst.edu/pub/prism/us/grids/tdmean/2000-2009/us_tdm
> ean_2004.01.gz'
> 
>   However, if you add 'method="wget"' (and are running on a Unix box 
> with wget installed) it works for me:
> 
>  > 
> download.file('ftp://ocs.oce.orst.edu/pub/prism/us/grids/tdmean/20
> 00-2009/us_tdmean_2004.01.gz',tmp,method="wget")
> --17:05:41-- 
> ftp://ocs.oce.orst.edu/pub/prism/us/grids/tdmean/2000-2009/us_tdme
> an_2004.01.gz
>             => `/tmp/RtmpHcpXlj/file643c9869'
> [wget stuff]
> 100%[=============================================================
> =========>] 
> 832,851      319.71K/s    ETA 00:00
> 
> 17:05:46 (319.71 KB/s) - `/tmp/RtmpHcpXlj/file643c9869' saved [832851]
> 
>   So I'm guessing its a problem with R's internal FTP client. Maybe it 
> doesnt like underscores or minus signs... Speculation...

This works with method 'wget' under windows - thanks. -AB


> 
> Barry
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