From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2007-03-05T01:10:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to download file from web site

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> 
> require 'open-uri'
> uri = 'http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/17670/RMagick-1.15.3.tar.gz'
> 
> open(uri) do |fin|
>   open(File.basename(uri), 'w') do |fout|
>     while(buf = fin.read(8192))
>       fout.write buf
>     end
>   end
> end

He asks naively...

  Why is this so complicated, e.g., the 8192 buffered write, etc.?

Later,
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Bil Kleb
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