Move remote file in SFTP using R and RCurl

Asked Dec 01 '13 at 22:37

Active Dec 16 '13 at 20:34

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I need to rename a remote file once I download them. I tried to use the following command, but its not working.

input = getURL(url, userpwd="user:password", postquote=c("/inputs/", "RNFR abc.xml", "RNTO abc.xml_processed"))

This is throwing the error message

Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) : Unknown SFTP command

Please somebody suggest me some insight into this.

Update

I tried with the complete paths like,

input = getURL("url/abc.xml", userpwd="user:password", postquote=c("RNFR /inputs//abc.xml", "RNTO /inputs/abc.xml_processed"))

Still same error Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) : Unknown SFTP command.

edited Dec 16 '13 at 20:34

asked Dec 01 '13 at 22:37

RP-

I think you can't have the directory as the first part of `postquote`. Can't you specify the filenames as paths (including the directory)? – Thomas Dec 16 '13 at 20:17
@Thomas, Thanks for your reply, I tried with the complete file paths, even then same error. I am not that familiar with Curl commands. Hope I am missing something. – RP- Dec 16 '13 at 20:35

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