It seems to be choking on NLST: require("RCurl") getURL("ftp://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOTA/MCD15A3.005/",verbose=TRUE,ftp.use.epsv=TRUE, dirlistonly = TRUE)
... < 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. > PWD < 257 "/" is current directory. * Entry path is '/' > CWD MOTA < 250 CWD command successful. > CWD MCD15A3.005 < 250 CWD command successful. > EPSV * Connect data stream passively < 500 'EPSV': command not understood. * disabling EPSV usage > PASV < 227 Entering Passive Mode (152,61,133,5,177,17) * Trying 152.61.133.5... * connected * Connecting to 152.61.133.5 (152.61.133.5) port 45329 > TYPE A < 200 Type set to A. > NLST < 550 No files found. * RETR response: 550 * Remembering we are in dir "MOTA/MCD15A3.005/" * Connection #0 to host e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov left intact Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) : RETR response: 550 Thanks for looking into this! --j On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:45 PM, steven mosher <mosherste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ya I hit the same error with my code that reads directories. > I'll try some other stuff . I think I hit this error before I with usgs. > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Jonathan Greenberg <j...@illinois.edu> > wrote: >> >> Steven: >> >> Thanks -- I seem to be running into the problem with the link I sent >> along: >> >> > >> > getURL("ftp://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOTA/MCD15A3.005/",verbose=TRUE,dirlistonly >> > = TRUE) >> Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) : RETR response: 550 >> >> I'm wondering if it might be a passive ftp issue, but: >> > >> > getURL("ftp://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOTA/MCD15A3.005/",verbose=TRUE,ftp.use.epsv=TRUE, >> > dirlistonly = TRUE) >> Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) : >> FTP response reading failed >> >> Does not seem to work... Thoughts? >> >> --j >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:32 PM, steven mosher <mosherste...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > A couple of ways. >> > >> > using Rcurl you can use the curlOption of dirlistonly. >> > >> > otherwise you can read the page and parse. I've got some code around >> > here >> > to do that. >> > >> > Steve >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Greenberg <j...@illinois.edu> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> R-helpers: >> >> >> >> I'd like to be able to store all the file information from an ftp site >> >> (e.g. file and foldernames) through an R command. Any ideas how to do >> >> this? Here's an example site to use: >> >> >> >> ftp://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOTA/MCD15A3.005 >> >> >> >> --j >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD >> >> Assistant Professor >> >> Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science >> >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> >> 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 >> >> Urbana, IL 61801 >> >> Phone: 415-763-5476 >> >> AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 >> >> http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 >> Urbana, IL 61801 >> Phone: 415-763-5476 >> AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 >> http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html > > -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html ______________________________________________ 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.