[R] Password prompt for download.file from linux

Williams, George (gerw) gerw at chevron.com
Wed Aug 10 00:47:35 CEST 2005


Is there any way to be prompted for a password when using a proxy server
to down load files to linux.  The only approach I have seen in the
documentation involves putting a clear text password into an environment
variable, which would get me into trouble.
Thanks for the help,
George Williams




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