There is a standard notation for passwords in urls ... see for example http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/5604
"Cliff Clive" <cliffcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Hello everyone, > >Is it possible to download data from password-protected ftp sites? I saw >another thread with instructions for uploading files using RCurl, but I >could not find information for downloading them in the RCurl documentation. > >I am using R 2.11 on a Windows XP 32-bit machine. > >Thanks in advance, > >Cliff >-- >View this message in context: >http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Accessing-files-on-password-protected-FTP-sites-tp2286862p2286862.html >Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.