On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can load() load a saved workspace from an Internet address? I have >> tried it but I am getting errors: >> >> In addition: Warning message: >> In readChar(con, 5L, useBytes = TRUE) : >> cannot open compressed file 'http://XXXXX/workspace.RData', probable >> reason 'No such file or directory' > > Yes, but you need to open an url connection explicitly (I have forgotten why > this is so). > > load(url("http://XXXXX/workspace.RData";)) > > or even better, follow the last example in ?load.
Yes, Peter, that works. Thanks! I do not know why with read.csv and read.table url() is not needed, but with load() is. Should not the approach be similar in both cases? Paul ______________________________________________ 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.
