What OS is this? If Windows, see the rw-FAQ Q2.19.
Otherwise, see ?download.file and choose a different download method, or look at the source code (src/modules/internet/nanohttp.c) and submit a patch. On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, James P. Howard, II wrote: > I am using R in an environment where the HTTP proxy server blocks > browsers that do not send User-Agent strings. Given how incredibly easy they are to fake, why? > Through some testing, we have determined that R, by default (2.3.1) does > not send a string when performing the chooseCRANmirror() function. Is > there a setting BTW, the chooseCRANmirror() function does not do HTTP: download.file() and url() do and the help is at ?download.file. > that allows us to manually set the User-Agent value? > > Thank you, James > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
