problem with load('http://....') (PR#2344)

Full_Name: Frank Harrell
Version: 1.6.1
OS: RedHat 8.0 Linux
Submission from: (NULL) (128.143.108.90)


I get an error when trying to load a URL that contains a file that was saved
using save(object, compress=TRUE):

load('http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/s/data/sav/kprats.sav')

Error in gzfile(file, "rb") : unable to open connection
In addition: Warning message:
cannot open compressed file
`http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/s/data/sav/kprats.sav'

The above file will remain at that URL for your testing.

Thank you very much,

Frank Harrell