Dear useRs,

I'm trying to download some data through the HTTPS protocol. However,
download.file() does not support HTTPS (R 2.0.1 on WinXP):
Error in download.file(https.url, destfile = "test.txt") :
    unsupported URL scheme

1. Is there any other function/package in R that can work with HTTPS?
2. If not, what would need to happen to make download.file() support
HTTPS?

Thank you,
b.

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