Re: [R] R mailing list archive difficulty
On 04/01/05 18:15, Franois Pinard wrote: I would like to get hold on a copy of R mailing lists archives, for local, off-line, progressive perusal (I find Web-based browsing of email extremely inefficient). So, I recursively got archives from `ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Mail-archives/'. The format used in these files is quite usable locally. However, the problem is that these archives do not go beyond 2002. (Maybe the `http://www.r-project.org' Web page should mention this.) If you look at my page (which is also listed under search in the main R page), http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/ , you will find a tool to search the mail archives, and links to the archives themselves, which are at https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/ (and probably listed in other places). It isn't clear to me why you want to download the whole thing. I did, but that was to set up a search engine for it. It is HUGE, not exactly for perusal. Jon -- Jonathan Baron, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Home page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] R mailing list archive difficulty
[Franois Pinard] I would like to get hold on a copy of R mailing lists archives [...] [Jonathan Baron] the archives themselves are at [...] (and probably listed in other places). Thanks a lot for bringing me to this URL. I've been there before, but did not realise on first visit that the archives were also offered in non-HTML format, one file per month. I got them all now. That will allow me to massage these files over the weekend, thanks! It isn't clear to me why you want to download the whole thing. I'm absolutely no spammer, do not fear me! :-) It is HUGE, not exactly for perusal. Yes. The growth was already accelerating in 2001 and 2002, and I see the trend did not revert. I'm expecting a big set of files overall. The idea is really perusal, yet maybe a little more seriously that a butterfly would do. Web browsers are _so_ inappropriate for fast perusal of such archives that I find more convenient (yet undoubtedly heavy) to download everything, and then use good email tools locally. No doubt that search engines are very precious and powerful tools for when you look for something precise. This is not my case yet... -- Franois Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
