download_ftp_file: Function to download files from an 'FTP' or 'SFTP' server.

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Function to download files from an FTP or SFTP server.

Description

Function to download files from an FTP or SFTP server.

Usage

download_ftp_file(
  file_remote,
  file_local,
  credentials = "",
  curl = FALSE,
  sleep = NA,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

file_remote	URLs of the files to be downloaded.
file_local	File names for the local version of file_remote. download_ftp_file will create directories if they do not exist and are used.
credentials	Credentials for a FTP or SFTP server. Do not use credentials if the server does not require authentication. credentials takes the format: "username:password".
curl	Should RCurl be used to download the files or base R's download.file? If credentials are used, RCurl will always be used.
sleep	Number of seconds to wait between querying server.
verbose	Should the function give messages about download progress?

Author(s)

Stuart K. Grange

See Also

list_files_ftp, upload_to_ftp

Examples

## Not run: 
# Download a file from a server which does not need credentials
url <- "ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/isd-history.csv"
download_ftp_file(url, "~/Desktop/noaa_data.csv", verbose = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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