From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...17n.org>
Date: 2004-10-08T12:59:55+09:00
Subject: Re: open-uri and ftp problem

In article <41658592.6070102@gmx.net>,
  Henrik Horneber <ryco@gmx.net> writes:

> RTFS'ing *cough* I find that open-uri does this:
>
> [snip]
> ftp = Net::FTP.open(self.host)
> ftp.login(user, passwd)
> # line 600 in open-uri
> ftp.getbinaryfile(self.path, '/dev/null', Net::FTP::DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE)
> [snap]
>
>
> Docs for Net::FTP#getbinaryfile say:
> --
>    getbinaryfile(remotefile, localfile = File.basename(remotefile), 
> blocksize = DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE) {|data| ...}
>
> Retrieves remotefile in binary mode, storing the result in localfile. If 
> a block is supplied, it is passed the retrieved data in blocksize chunks.
> ---
>
>
> Since I am on Windows, there is no /dev/null to 'store' the file in.
>
> any clues on what I am doing wrong?

I think Net::FTP#getbinaryfile should accept nil as the localfile
argument.

If so, open-uri can avoid /dev/null.
-- 
Tanaka Akira