From: Daniel <djames82@...>
Date: 2004-05-23T02:28:45+09:00
Subject: Please help me w/ this code...

I have an idea for a ruby software that I want to submit to rubyforge. The
only problem is I am stuck trying to figure out a small problem. I am
writing a file server that sends a file via sockets, and the client simply
downloads a file from the server.

Using 'progressbar' from RAA, I want a meter bar that tells the client how
much of the file is being downloaded.

Here is the server code
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require "socket"
gs = TCPserver.new('localhost', 80)
loop do
    s = gs.accept
    Thread.new(s) do |sock|
        print(sock, " is accepted\n")
        sock.write(File.read("asp.txt"))
        sock.close
    end
end
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Here is the client code
require "socket"
TCPsocket.open('localhost', 80) do |s|
File.open("output.exe", "wb") { |f| f.write s.read }
end
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And this is a sample code off of the progress from RAA
require 'progressbar'

total = 1000
pbar = ProgressBar.new("test(inc)", total)
total.times {
  sleep(0.02)
  pbar.inc
}
pbar.finish

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Basically I need to combine the progressbar example into the client code. So
the client can read a meter instead of just waiting, not knowing how much of
the file is being downloaded. I am quit new to Ruby and I am asking for some
assistance for this implementation or modified code.

Thank you