HelpersMG (version 6.4)

wget: Download a file from internet and save it locally

Description

Download a file from internet and save it locally. This function is a wrapper for download.files() that keep the name identical and can get several files at once. It was written to simplify downloading of file. It doest not use the true wget function (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) which is much more complex but also powerful.

Usage

wget(url = stop("At least one internet adress is required"), ...)

Value

Nothing

Arguments

url

The url where to download file

...

The parameters send to download.file()

Author

Marc Girondot

Details

wget download a file from internet and save it locally

Examples

if (FALSE) {
library(HelpersMG)
# Save locally the files send in the parameter url
wget(c("https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/HelpersMG/HelpersMG.pdf", 
         "https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/embryogrowth/embryogrowth.pdf"))
}