download_file {inldata} | R Documentation |
Download a file from the Internet and save to a cache directory.
download_file(url, cachedir = get_cache_dir(), ..., quiet = FALSE, mode = "wb")
url |
'character' string. URL of a resource to be downloaded. |
cachedir |
'character' string.
Path to the cache directory, see |
... |
Additioanl arguments to be passed to the |
quiet |
'logical' flag. Whether to supress status messages (if any), and the progress bar. |
mode |
'character' string. Mode with which to write the file. Useful values are "w", "wb" (binary), "a" (append) and "ab". |
Returns the path to the downloaded file, or extracted files when decompression occurs.
J.C. Fisher, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Water Science Center