[R] Download xls file from internet

[Pete B]

I am trying to download an Excel file from the the internet with the
following R command

download.file("http://ir.eia.gov/wpsr/psw09.xls","C:\\Temp\\psw09.xls")

The file is downloaded but when I try and open it I get a message from Excel
telling me that the file is corrupt and it cannot be opened.

If I manually download the file it opens without problems.

Any insights would be gratefully received.

Kind regards

Pete




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