R version 3.2.4 RC (2016-03-02 r70281) -- "Very Secure Dishes"
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> ## These are tests that require internet functionality, and
> ## a working Internet connection.
> ## We attempt to test for those.
> 
> if(!capabilities()["http/ftp"]) {
+     warning("no internet capabilities")
+     q()
+ }
> 
> if(.Platform$OS.type == "unix" &&
+    is.null(nsl("cran.r-project.org"))) q()
> 
> # test do_download.
> nrow(available.packages(contrib.url("http://cran.r-project.org")))
[1] 8034
> 
> # test url connections on http
> zz <- url("http://cran.r-project.org/")
> readLines(zz)
 [1] "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd\">"
 [2] "<html>"                                                                                                   
 [3] "<head>"                                                                                                   
 [4] "<title>The Comprehensive R Archive Network</title>"                                                       
 [5] "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"content-type\" CONTENT=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">"                                  
 [6] "<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"favicon.ico\" type=\"image/x-icon\">"                                           
 [7] "<link rel=\"shortcut icon\" href=\"favicon.ico\" type=\"image/x-icon\">"                                  
 [8] "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"R.css\">"                                               
 [9] "</head>"                                                                                                  
[10] ""                                                                                                         
[11] "<FRAMESET cols=\"1*, 4*\" style=\"border: none;\">"                                                       
[12] "<FRAMESET rows=\"120, 1*\">"                                                                              
[13] "<FRAME src=\"logo.html\" name=\"logo\" frameborder=0>"                                                    
[14] "<FRAME src=\"navbar.html\" name=\"contents\" frameborder=0>"                                              
[15] "</FRAMESET>"                                                                                              
[16] "<FRAME src=\"banner.shtml\" name=\"banner\" frameborder=0>"                                               
[17] "<noframes>"                                                                                               
[18] "<h1>The Comprehensive R Archive Network</h1>"                                                             
[19] ""                                                                                                         
[20] "Your browser seems not to support frames,"                                                                
[21] "here is the <A href=\"navbar.html\">contents page</A> of CRAN."                                           
[22] "</noframes>"                                                                                              
[23] "</FRAMESET>"                                                                                              
> close(zz)
> 
> # and via read.table, test http and ftp.
> 
> read.table("http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/datasets/csb/ch11b.dat")
     V1  V2   V3    V4 V5
1     1 307  930 36.58  0
2     2 307  940 36.73  0
3     3 307  950 36.93  0
4     4 307 1000 37.15  0
5     5 307 1010 37.23  0
6     6 307 1020 37.24  0
7     7 307 1030 37.24  0
8     8 307 1040 36.90  0
9     9 307 1050 36.95  0
10   10 307 1100 36.89  0
11   11 307 1110 36.95  0
12   12 307 1120 37.00  0
13   13 307 1130 36.90  0
14   14 307 1140 36.99  0
15   15 307 1150 36.99  0
16   16 307 1200 37.01  0
17   17 307 1210 37.04  0
18   18 307 1220 37.04  0
19   19 307 1230 37.14  0
20   20 307 1240 37.07  0
21   21 307 1250 36.98  0
22   22 307 1300 37.01  0
23   23 307 1310 36.97  0
24   24 307 1320 36.97  0
25   25 307 1330 37.12  0
26   26 307 1340 37.13  0
27   27 307 1350 37.14  0
28   28 307 1400 37.15  0
29   29 307 1410 37.17  0
30   30 307 1420 37.12  0
31   31 307 1430 37.12  0
32   32 307 1440 37.17  0
33   33 307 1450 37.28  0
34   34 307 1500 37.28  0
35   35 307 1510 37.44  0
36   36 307 1520 37.51  0
37   37 307 1530 37.64  0
38   38 307 1540 37.51  0
39   39 307 1550 37.98  1
40   40 307 1600 38.02  1
41   41 307 1610 38.00  1
42   42 307 1620 38.24  1
43   43 307 1630 38.10  1
44   44 307 1640 38.24  1
45   45 307 1650 38.11  1
46   46 307 1700 38.02  1
47   47 307 1710 38.11  1
48   48 307 1720 38.01  1
49   49 307 1730 37.91  1
50   50 307 1740 37.96  1
51   51 307 1750 38.03  1
52   52 307 1800 38.17  1
53   53 307 1810 38.19  1
54   54 307 1820 38.18  1
55   55 307 1830 38.15  1
56   56 307 1840 38.04  1
57   57 307 1850 37.96  1
58   58 307 1900 37.84  1
59   59 307 1910 37.83  1
60   60 307 1920 37.84  1
61   61 307 1930 37.74  1
62   62 307 1940 37.76  1
63   63 307 1950 37.76  1
64   64 307 2000 37.64  1
65   65 307 2010 37.63  1
66   66 307 2020 38.06  1
67   67 307 2030 38.19  1
68   68 307 2040 38.35  1
69   69 307 2050 38.25  1
70   70 307 2100 37.86  1
71   71 307 2110 37.95  1
72   72 307 2120 37.95  1
73   73 307 2130 37.76  1
74   74 307 2140 37.60  1
75   75 307 2150 37.89  1
76   76 307 2200 37.86  1
77   77 307 2210 37.71  1
78   78 307 2220 37.78  1
79   79 307 2230 37.82  1
80   80 307 2240 37.76  1
81   81 307 2250 37.81  1
82   82 307 2300 37.84  1
83   83 307 2310 38.01  1
84   84 307 2320 38.10  1
85   85 307 2330 38.15  1
86   86 307 2340 37.92  1
87   87 307 2350 37.64  1
88   88 308    0 37.70  1
89   89 308   10 37.46  1
90   90 308   20 37.41  1
91   91 308   30 37.46  1
92   92 308   40 37.56  1
93   93 308   50 37.55  1
94   94 308  100 37.75  1
95   95 308  110 37.76  1
96   96 308  120 37.73  1
97   97 308  130 37.77  1
98   98 308  140 38.01  1
99   99 308  150 38.04  1
100 100 308  200 38.07  1
> read.table("ftp://ftp.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/datasets/csb/ch11b.dat")
     V1  V2   V3    V4 V5
1     1 307  930 36.58  0
2     2 307  940 36.73  0
3     3 307  950 36.93  0
4     4 307 1000 37.15  0
5     5 307 1010 37.23  0
6     6 307 1020 37.24  0
7     7 307 1030 37.24  0
8     8 307 1040 36.90  0
9     9 307 1050 36.95  0
10   10 307 1100 36.89  0
11   11 307 1110 36.95  0
12   12 307 1120 37.00  0
13   13 307 1130 36.90  0
14   14 307 1140 36.99  0
15   15 307 1150 36.99  0
16   16 307 1200 37.01  0
17   17 307 1210 37.04  0
18   18 307 1220 37.04  0
19   19 307 1230 37.14  0
20   20 307 1240 37.07  0
21   21 307 1250 36.98  0
22   22 307 1300 37.01  0
23   23 307 1310 36.97  0
24   24 307 1320 36.97  0
25   25 307 1330 37.12  0
26   26 307 1340 37.13  0
27   27 307 1350 37.14  0
28   28 307 1400 37.15  0
29   29 307 1410 37.17  0
30   30 307 1420 37.12  0
31   31 307 1430 37.12  0
32   32 307 1440 37.17  0
33   33 307 1450 37.28  0
34   34 307 1500 37.28  0
35   35 307 1510 37.44  0
36   36 307 1520 37.51  0
37   37 307 1530 37.64  0
38   38 307 1540 37.51  0
39   39 307 1550 37.98  1
40   40 307 1600 38.02  1
41   41 307 1610 38.00  1
42   42 307 1620 38.24  1
43   43 307 1630 38.10  1
44   44 307 1640 38.24  1
45   45 307 1650 38.11  1
46   46 307 1700 38.02  1
47   47 307 1710 38.11  1
48   48 307 1720 38.01  1
49   49 307 1730 37.91  1
50   50 307 1740 37.96  1
51   51 307 1750 38.03  1
52   52 307 1800 38.17  1
53   53 307 1810 38.19  1
54   54 307 1820 38.18  1
55   55 307 1830 38.15  1
56   56 307 1840 38.04  1
57   57 307 1850 37.96  1
58   58 307 1900 37.84  1
59   59 307 1910 37.83  1
60   60 307 1920 37.84  1
61   61 307 1930 37.74  1
62   62 307 1940 37.76  1
63   63 307 1950 37.76  1
64   64 307 2000 37.64  1
65   65 307 2010 37.63  1
66   66 307 2020 38.06  1
67   67 307 2030 38.19  1
68   68 307 2040 38.35  1
69   69 307 2050 38.25  1
70   70 307 2100 37.86  1
71   71 307 2110 37.95  1
72   72 307 2120 37.95  1
73   73 307 2130 37.76  1
74   74 307 2140 37.60  1
75   75 307 2150 37.89  1
76   76 307 2200 37.86  1
77   77 307 2210 37.71  1
78   78 307 2220 37.78  1
79   79 307 2230 37.82  1
80   80 307 2240 37.76  1
81   81 307 2250 37.81  1
82   82 307 2300 37.84  1
83   83 307 2310 38.01  1
84   84 307 2320 38.10  1
85   85 307 2330 38.15  1
86   86 307 2340 37.92  1
87   87 307 2350 37.64  1
88   88 308    0 37.70  1
89   89 308   10 37.46  1
90   90 308   20 37.41  1
91   91 308   30 37.46  1
92   92 308   40 37.56  1
93   93 308   50 37.55  1
94   94 308  100 37.75  1
95   95 308  110 37.76  1
96   96 308  120 37.73  1
97   97 308  130 37.77  1
98   98 308  140 38.01  1
99   99 308  150 38.04  1
100 100 308  200 38.07  1
>