{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/STAT545-UBC/Discussion/issues/263","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/STAT545-UBC/Discussion/issues/263/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/STAT545-UBC/Discussion/issues/263/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/STAT545-UBC/Discussion/issues/263/events","html_url":"https://github.com/STAT545-UBC/Discussion/issues/263","id":118739621,"number":263,"title":"curl and wget don't exist for windows?","user":{"login":"AdrianLJones","id":14188583,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14188583?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones","html_url":"https://github.com/AdrianLJones","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AdrianLJones/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-11-25T01:28:32Z","updated_at":"2015-11-25T01:28:32Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm working on HW09 and trying to download the gapminder dataset from github using the shell.\r\n\r\nHowever I get the following for both commands:\r\n> C:\\Users\\Adrian\\Documents\\STAT545a\\adrian_jones\\Homework\\Homework09>curl /?\r\n> 'curl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\n> operable program or batch file.\r\n\r\n> C:\\Users\\Adrian\\Documents\\STAT545a\\adrian_jones\\Homework\\Homework09>wget /?\r\n> 'wget' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\n> operable program or batch file.\r\n\r\nI've done very quick bit of googling and it sounds like they don't exist on windows, is this as intended for the Rtools thing we installed?\r\n\r\nI did find [another command](http://superuser.com/questions/299754/wget-curl-alternative-native-to-windows) `bitsadmin` which, despite the worries of the people on the thread seems to be present on my windows 10 computer.  Is that what the pros of this class would suggest I use?\r\n\r\nThanks for help before I start a wild goose chase down the rabbit hole to tilt at the windmills of syntax.\r\n\r\nAdrian"}}