See ?download.file and argument 'mode'. You want to use mode="wb".
To R-core: I've asked it before, isn't the most common use case to download files in 'binary' mode? I cannot even remember when I last wanted to transfer a file in 'text' mode. I vote for making mode="wb" the default. /Henrik On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Fernando Bizuet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have been trying to download a pdf file but I only receive > a blank sheets. > > I used the option internet2 in windows: > > Rgui.exe --internet2 > > but I recieved the same result. > > I use the next command: > > ulr2 <- "http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf" > > download.file(url = ulr2, destfile = "D:\\users2\\r-intro.pdf",cacheOK = > FALSE) > Any ideas how I can resolve this problem? > > Thanks in advance, > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.