ftp.upload: Upload File via FTP Protocol

In abmiOld: Data Processing and Analysis for the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

Description

Convenient function for uploading files via FTP.

Usage

ftp.upload(dumplist, ftp, file = "results",
ext = if (binary) "Rdata" else "txt",
binary = FALSE, dir = getwd())

Arguments

dumplist	A list of R objects or a character string naming an R object to write.
ftp	FTP address to be used, e.g. "ftp://user:[e-mail]/".
file	Character string to use for file name.
ext	Character string to use as extension of the file.
binary	Logical, if TRUE the memory image is written, or the dumped text version otherwise.
dir	Optional character string where to write the local copy of the file. Orininal directory is restored.

Value

Writes a binary or dumped text representation of R objects via FTP protocol. As a side effect, a local copy is created on the hard drive that has to be deleted manually.

Author(s)

P\'eter S\'olymos, [e-mail]

References

http://www.abmi.ca

See Also

The function is built on the ftpUpload of the RCurl package.

Examples

## Not run: 
x <- "Helo World!"
ftp.upload(x, ftp = "ftp://user:[e-mail]/")

## End(Not run)

abmiOld documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:54 p.m.