From: bwv549 <jtprince@...>
Date: 2009-04-08T06:34:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Downloading a file using ruby

yes, this should download any kind of file (including excel).  I use
it to read/write mp3 files from online:

require 'open-uri'
open("http://someplace.com/somefile.mp3") do |in_io|
  File.open("somefile.mp3", 'w') do |out_io|
    out_io.print in_io.read
  end
end