ghfd_download_file: Downloads a single file from Bovespa ftp

In GetHFData: Download and Aggregate High Frequency Trading Data from Bovespa

Description

This function will take as input a ftp addresss, the name of the downloaded file in the local drive, and it will download the corresponding file. Returns TRUE if it worked and FALSE otherwise.

Usage

ghfd_download_file(my.ftp, out.file, dl.dir = "Dl Files",
  max.dl.tries = 10)

Arguments

my.ftp	A complete, including file name, ftp address to download the file from
out.file	Name of downloaded file with HFT data from Bovespa
dl.dir	The folder to download the zip files (default = 'ftp files')
max.dl.tries	Maximum attempts to download the files from ftp

Value

TRUE if sucessfull, FALSE if not

Examples

my.ftp <- 'ftp://ftp.bmf.com.br/MarketData/Bovespa-Opcoes/NEG_OPCOES_20151229.zip'
out.file <- 'temp.zip'

## Not run: 
ghfd_download_file(my.ftp = my.ftp, out.file=out.file)

## End(Not run)

GetHFData documentation built on May 1, 2019, 10:19 p.m.