From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-12-24T00:55:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Question: Downloading files with open(-uri)?

On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:35:40 -0000, Mariano Kamp <mariano.kamp@acm.org>  
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I could need a quick hand here.
>
>    I want to watch the RailsConf 2006 videos and want to download them  
> with a script.
>

If you have libcurl and are willing to install an extension, the  
rececently released (;)) Curb 0.1 makes this as easy as:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
urls = %w{
http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/03_martin_fowler_full.m4v
http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/02_dave_thomas_full.m4v
http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/01_dh_hansson.m4v
http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/04_paul_graham_full.m4v
http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/06_railsCorePanel_full.m4v
http://downloads.scribemedia.net/rails2006/07_why_lucky_stiff.m4v
}

urls.each { |url| Curl::Easy.download(url) }

__END__

It's at http://curb.rubyforge.org/

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk