From: pierre_b@...
Date: 2003-06-04T19:07:28+09:00
Subject: Re: File retrieval problems


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On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:57:47PM +0900, kingsley@icecode.org wrote:
> HI
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> I am struggling with how to do the following in Ruby:
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> go to a url
> and download a zip file from the site to a location on my hard
> drive
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> then unzip the file to a folder
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> I need to do this on a windows
> platform.
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> I\'m guessing I should use try to use the HTTP module in some
> way to do this? But I can\'t seem to work out how to grab the zip file
> rather than an html page?
> The unzipping I guess could be done with
> system calls, unless Ruby has a way to unzip stuff?

you can use rubyzip to access data in your zip files

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=3Drubyzip

which depends on ruby-zlib

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=3Druby-zlib

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> All help greatly
> appreciated
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> Kingsley
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