From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T22:46:01+09:00
Subject: Re: My simple downloader doesn't work

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:29 AM, WujcioL <WujcioL@gmail.com> wrote:
> It still don't work:
>
>> require 'open-uri'
>> puts open("anonymous:anonymous@sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/slackware/slackware-12.0/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc").read
> Net:FTPPermError: 500 Illegal PORT Command
>
> I thinking about some bug in open-uri and net/ftp. Code is simple and
> it runs so that's not mine error. Of course i succesfully downloaded
> this file using Firefox3 and TotalCommander.
> Code was tested on winXP and Kubuntu8.04.

The code I showed worked on my machine.  Tested on OS X (10.4),
without any firewall issues.
Ruby version:

seltzer:~ sandal$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-06-20 patchlevel 230) [i686-darwin8.11.1]



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