Re: [R] problem with download.packages

2003-08-14 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, David Parkhurst wrote: R Version 1.7.0, under windows XP pro The help page for update.packages says that { `download.packages' takes a list of package names and a ^^^ destination directory, downloads the newest versions of

[R] problem with download.packages

2003-08-14 Thread David Parkhurst
R Version 1.7.0, under windows XP pro The help page for update.packages says that { `download.packages' takes a list of package names and a destination directory, downloads the newest versions of the package sources and saves them in `destdir'. If the list of available packages is not given as