Re: Import files on accessible URL and save in
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- Subject: [mg122774] Re: Import files on accessible URL and save in
- From: Todd Gayley <tgayley at wolfram.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:52:43 -0500 (EST)
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At 10:04 AM 11/9/2011, DrMajorBob wrote: >But this also fails: > >"/private/var/folders/kY/kYL-hxebGaefEKwlddWc3++++TM/-Tmp-/\ >Temp7483389857745393361___www.wolfram.com" // DeleteFile > >$Failed > >DeleteFile::nffil: File not found during >DeleteFile[/private/var/folders/kY/kYL-hxebGaefEKwlddWc3++++TM/-Tmp-/Temp7483389857745393361___www.wolfram.com]. > > >It strikes me as a strange place to import files by default (on a Mac), >where a non-Unix expert can't easily deal with them. Bobby, The message indicates that the file is already gone. The file is in a temporary location, and doesn't survive past the end of the Mathematica session. That location comes from Java, as the value of the java.io.tmpdir property. It is a truly bizarre path, but that is a MacOSX-ism. It is equally as invisible in the Finder as Mathematica's $TemporaryDirectory (/tmp), which is arguably a better choice for FetchURL to use. If you don't like the default location, use CopyFile after downloading to put it where you want, or, even better, use the second argument of FetchURL to pick the location you want. Todd Gayley Wolfram Research
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- Import files on accessible URL and save in local machine.
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- Import files on accessible URL and save in local machine.