Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > On Windows XP it worked for me on both 2.4.1 and 2.5.0. I did notice > that on 2.4.1 it says "using Synchronous WinInet calls" but does not > say this on 2.5.0. See below for the two transcripts. > > >> ftp <- "ftp://anonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/edgar/full-index/company.idx" >> download.file(url=ftp, destfile="test.txt") >> > trying URL 'ftp://anonymous:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/edgar/full-index/company.idx' > using Synchronous WinInet calls > opened URL > downloaded 33930Kb > This appears to be highly system dependent. Works for me on my home machine using Fedora 6, but not on the office machine running SUSE 10. I wouldn't be surprised if firewall configuration plays a part.
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