From: Loga Ganesan <loganathan_gpt@...>
Date: 2009-04-06T16:59:24+09:00
Subject: Re: File copy

Tushar Gandhi wrote:
> Hi,
> I am facing a problem to copy the file.
> 
> I am getting path of the file like this
> "http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2574/90/75/704291251/457931_8289306.jpg".
> I want to copy this file locally. I am trying to do this by using
> 
> File.copy("http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2574/90/75/704291251/457931_8289306.jpg","/images");
> 
> I am getting an error
> Invalid argument -
> http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2574/90/75/704291251/457931_8289306.jpg
> 
> I know that this is not a directory path. Is any one knows how to copy
> this file?
> 
> Thanks
> Tushar


Why can't you use wget command in system or popen to download it ?
It's my suggestion
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