title: Using RCurl or any other R package
body: <p>Is anyone keen on briefly explaining how to use the RCurl package (or any other RPackage) for downloading files from the following ftp server...?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://hermes.acri.fr/index.php?class=ftp_access" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://hermes.acri.fr/index.php?class=ftp_access</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm totally new in this field and some impetus is certainly needed...</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot...</p>