[R] read password-protected files

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Shi, Tao wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have a bunch of .csv files that are password-protected.  I wonder if there is

There is nothing in the CSV standard about password protection.  I 
very much doubt that these actually CSV files.  So please follow the 
posting guide [*]

> a way to read them in in R without manually removing the password protection for
> each file?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
>
> ...Tao
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[*] as above: and as you sent HTML you are either full of contempt for 
the helpeRs or failed to do your homework.


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