[acs-r] acs.tables.install() question

[Elizabeth Tighe]

Michael,

Perfect!  This worked.

Many thanks!

Elizabeth Tighe, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Steinhardt Social Research Institute
Brandeis University
781.736.3824

On 8/6/2019 2:23 PM, Laviolette, Michael wrote:
> Hi Liz,
>
> I recently found a solution and called it to Ezra's attention. Delete the .gz files from the incorrect location where they're downloaded. Then run this code:
>
> filelist <- readLines("http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/acs/acs-variables/filelist.txt")
>    dir.create(file.path(system.file(package = "acs"), "extdata"), showWarnings = FALSE)
>    for (i in filelist) {
>      download.file(url =
>                      paste0("http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/acs/acs-variables/", i),
>                    destfile = file.path(system.file("extdata", package = "acs"), i))}
>
> I tested it on my Windows system and it seemed to work--the .gz files should now have the correct name (no leading "extdata" and appear in the correct subfolder ("extdata"). Try it and let me know how it works. Thanks!
>
> Michael Laviolette PhD MPH
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> Hi,
>
>
>
> I've run the acs.tables.install() command and see that .gz files have
>
> been downloaded to C:\Program Files\R\R-3.6.0\library\acs directory, but
>
> acs.fetch still defaults to URL downloads. Have copied the .gz files
>
> into the /extdata subdirectory based on comments on listserv, but fetch
>
> still directs to URL. (running on windows machine).
>
>
>
> Any tips/suggestions would be appreciated!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Liz
>
>
>
> Elizabeth Tighe, Ph.D.
>
> Research Scientist
>
> Steinhardt Social Research Institute
>
> Brandeis University
>
> 781.736.3824
>
>
>
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