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Created September 18, 2011 04:35
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download_file.rb
#smallest, cleanest code i have seen without curl
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
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