getDownloadSize         package:pkgDepTools         R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Returns the size in MB of the specified URL.  Uses RCurl to parse
     the HTTP headers for Content-Length.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getDownloadSize(url)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     url: character vector giving the URL.  This is not vectorized.

_N_o_t_e:

     Internal function.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Seth Falcon

