From: "phil.swenson@..." <phil.swenson@...>
Date: 2006-11-17T00:10:50+09:00
Subject: Re: need to fetch a zip file from url and unzip it

Isn't Zlib for gzip?  I'm trying to access a zip file.

To use ruby Zip for this, but I have a string, not a binary form the
> >  require 'open-uri'
> >  zipFile = open(URL).read

code...

not sure how to proceed.

thanks,

phil

Paul Lutus wrote:
> phil.swenson@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I"m aware of:
> >
> >  require 'open-uri'
> >  zipFile = open(URL).read
> >
> > but this pulls back a string... I need to pull back a zip file
> > (binary).
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Well since you are trying to unzip a ZIP file, I suggest you read about the
> Zlib::Inflate class in your documentation.
>
> Start here:
>
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Zlib/Inflate.html
>
> The above page shows this example:
>
>   def inflate(string)
>     zstream = Zlib::Inflate.new
>     buf = zstream.inflate(string)
>     zstream.finish
>     zstream.close
>     buf
>   end
> 
> -- 
> Paul Lutus
> http://www.arachnoid.com