Package 'wget'

Title: Setting Download Method to 'wget'
Description: Provides function, wget_set(), to change the method (default to 'wget -c') using in download.file(). Using 'wget -c' allowing continued downloading, which is especially useful for slow internet connection and for downloading large files. User can run wget_unset() to restore previous setting.
Authors: Guangchuang Yu [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Guangchuang Yu <[email protected]>
License: Artistic-2.0
Version: 0.0.3
Built: 2024-10-24 05:59:31 UTC
Source: https://github.com/yulab-smu/wget

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wget_set

Description

set "download.file.method" to "wget" and "download.file.extra" to "-c"

Usage

wget_set(method = "wget", extra = "-c")

Arguments

method

download method (wget, default)

extra

extra parameter (-c, default)

Details

setting download method to "wget -c", so that it can continue the download from where it left off.

Value

No return value, called for side effects

Author(s)

Guangchuang Yu

Examples

wget_set()

wget_unset

Description

unset download method setting by wget_set

Usage

wget_unset()

Details

set the download method and extra parameter back to what it is or NULL if it is not specify

Value

No return value, called for side effects

Author(s)

Guangchuang Yu

Examples

wget_unset()