gistfile1.txt

  def webget(ur, fn)
=begin
    File.open(fn, 'wb'){|f|
      Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(ur)){|r|
        r.read_body{|c|
          f.write(c)
        }
      }
    }
=end

    str = ''
    fil = File.open(fn, 'wb')
    res = Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(ur))

    fil.write(res.body)
    fil.close

    str
  end