I've solve my own problem! apologies. For the record:
the "filename" argument should include the full path of the file within the directory structure of the zip file. but there seeks to be an issue with readLines: > readLines(z,2) Error in readLines(z, 2) : seek not enabled for this connection readLines(z) works fine for the whole file, but unfortunately you cannot use things like read.table etc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marsland, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 July 2003 11:44 > To: > Subject: [R] unz() > > > > I am having problems getting the unz() function to work as a > connection to > start reading a file... > > z <- unz("c:/temp/stoxx.zip", "close_tmi_components.txt", "r") > readLines(z,2) > > yields the following problems: > > > z <- unz("c:/temp/stoxx.zip", "close_tmi_components.txt", "r") > Error in unz("c:/temp/stoxx.zip", "close_tmi_components.txt", "r") : > unable to open connection > In addition: Warning message: > cannot locate file `close_tmi_components.txt' in zip file > `c:/temp/stoxx.zip' > > readLines(z,2) > Error in readLines(z, 2) : cannot open the connection > In addition: Warning message: > cannot locate file `close_tmi_components.txt' in zip file > `c:/temp/stoxx.zip' > > can anybody offer any advice? > > Regards, > > John Marsland > > > ************************************************************** > ******** > This is a commercial communication from Commerzbank AG.\ \ > T...{{dropped}} > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > ********************************************************************** This is a commercial communication from Commerzbank AG.\ \ T...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
