wget: Setting Download Method to 'wget'

Provides function, wget_set(), to change the method (default to 'wget -c') using in download.file(). Using 'wget -c' allowing continued downloading, which is especially useful for slow internet connection and for downloading large files. User can run wget_unset() to restore previous setting.

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Package details

AuthorGuangchuang Yu [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-8781>)
MaintainerGuangchuang Yu <guangchuangyu@gmail.com>
LicenseArtistic-2.0
Version0.0.4
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("wget")

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wget documentation built on Aug. 21, 2025, 5:26 p.m.