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code on p 451 gives error #159

Closed theokirkland closed 2 years ago

theokirkland commented 3 years ago

esearch -db gds -query GSE78711 | efetch > sampleinfo.txt

results in curl: (6) Could not resolve host: eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ERROR: curl command failed ( Sun Nov 7 07:09:54 PST 2021 ) with: 6 https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi -d retmax=0&usehistory=y&db=gds&term=GSE78711&tool=edirect&edirect=15.6&edirect_os=Darwin&email=theoneal%40theo-kirklands-macbook-pro.local

What am I doing wrong?

ialbert commented 3 years ago

It sounds like you have some sort of internet problem, note how it says that it cannot find the host.

Perhaps try again later. or from a different network.