downloadIfOld: Download a file

In Pmisc: Various Utilities for knitr and inla

Download a file

Description

Checks if a downloaded file is old and re-downloads is necessary

Usage

downloadIfOld(
  url,
  path = getwd(),
  file = file.path(path, make.names(basename(url))),
  age = "6 months",
  overwrite = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

url	a string specifying the remote location
path	local directory to store downloaded files
file	local file name
age	maximum age of the local file
overwrite	replace existing unzipped files
verbose	print additional information
...	additional arguments for download.file

Details

Checks if a downloaded file is old and re-downloads is necessary. Any zip files are unzipped.

Value

A character string of files downloaded or unzipped.

See Also

download.file, unzip

Examples

## Not run:   
  theFiles = Pmisc::downloadIfOld(
    'https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/Historic/Windows/mva.zip'
  )
  theFiles

## End(Not run)

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