From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-03-04T00:39:50+09:00
Subject: Re: How to download file from web site

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Timothy Hunter wrote:
>
>>>
>>> -a
>> Thanks again, Ara!
>>
>
> no way - thank you!  i'm preparing a class right now, here's one of many
> examples i've got put together:
>
>
> #
> # gem install RMagick @ http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
> #
>   require "rubygems"
>   require "RMagick"
> #
> # converts all images named on the command-line into thumbnails
> #
>   ARGV.each do |path|
>     path = File.expand_path path
>     dirname, basename = File.split path
>     base, ext = basename.split %r/[.]/, 2
>
>     img = Magick::ImageList.new path
>
>     thumb = img.thumbnail 96, 96
>     thumb_path = File.join dirname, "#{ base }.thumb.#{ ext }"
>     thumb.write thumb_path
>
>     puts thumb_path
>   end
>
>
>
> thanks for rmagick.
>
> -a
You're welcome!

The reason I'm asking these questions is because I'm working on a Ruby 
program to download and install ImageMagick, all its delegate libraries, 
and RMagick, on OS X, starting from scratch and not using MacPorts.

BTW, I saw your comment about the rmagick gem. You're right, it's 
screwy. I'm hoping to mothball it in RMagick 2.0.0, if I can figure out 
a way to replace my autoconf-generated configure script with pure Ruby.