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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'uri'
require 'open-uri'
require 'hpricot'
require 'net/http'
require 'ftools'

## it's pretty disgusting that that I require this many things.  Someone fork me and fix me.

URL = "http://www.socwall.com/php/rss_RecentWPs.php" # widescreen pictures
DIR = "/path/to/wherever/you/want/to/put/the/pictures"

doc = Hpricot(open(URL))

(doc/"item/guid").each do |photo|
  uri = URI.parse(photo.inner_html.strip.gsub(" ", "%20"))
  filename = uri.path.split("/").last
  `cd #{DIR} && curl -sO #{uri.to_s}` unless File.exists?(File.join(DIR, filename))
end