From: Chris Cera <chris@...>
Date: 2008-02-11T12:22:33+09:00
Subject: IO::write() throws Invalid Argument with HTTP::get()

Hi everyone,

I have a <15 line snippet below that fails when downloading a particular
60+MB file.  I have tested it with other files >60MB and it works.  This
one in particular is gives me trouble everytime.  Any help is greatly
appreciated. -Chris

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#!/bin/ruby

url = 'http://blog.vuzit.com/07EarlyYears.pdf'
uri = URI.parse(url)

Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, 80) do |http|
  response = http.get(uri.path)
  mystr = response.body.to_s

  File.open('result', 'wb') {|f|
    count = f.write mystr
  }
end
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[2152] [c@insomnio:~/hovitate/trunk/vuzit]
$ ruby test-dload.rb
test-dload.rb:11:in `write': Invalid argument - result (Errno::EINVAL)
   from test-dload.rb:11
   from test-dload.rb:10:in `open'
   from test-dload.rb:10
   from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:543:in `start'
   from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:440:in `start'
   from test-dload.rb:6
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