[R] ftp connections for uploading files

[Thomas Loridan]

Many thanks for that.
I am running R under windows and I am not sure what you mean by this curl?
Is'nt there a way to ftp via an intrinsic R function?

Thanks again

Thomas

2009/1/8 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
> 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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