[R] String concatenation, File Path Handling to pass to download.file( ) [backslash in DOS paths]

Gabor, Thanks much. Your solution is elegant. My overall scheme is to take present date, and check whether it is a weekend, if not, then create a string based on the date, to concatenate into a url link for download.file( ). The files I need to download have a part which is in the format: mmddyy.

[R] String concatenation, File Path Handling to pass to download.file( ) [backslash in DOS paths]

Gabor, Thanks much. Your solution is elegant. My overall scheme is to take present date, and check whether it is a weekend, if not, then create a string based on the date, to concatenate into a url link for download.file( ). The files I need to download have a part which is in the format: mmddyy.