On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, e deleflie wrote:
> Hi Hugh, > [> Hugh Sasse wrote at some point :-):] > > OK, the only thing I can find about this is that post takes a block so > > things can be dealt with in chunks. But the docs: > > http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/net/http/rdoc/classes/Net/HTTP.html#M001227 > > make no sense to me: they talk about reading stuff, which is in the > > wrong direction. Maybe examining the source would clarify. Can't > > find anythng with search engines (except that one says post is to > > handle incoming post requests on the server), but looking at the > > code of Mechanize might also be of some use. > > I've actually already got this working with Net::Http. Did so by > copying the S3Sync code here: > > http://github.com/willcodeforfoo/s3sync/blob/745fef915a225933f4a1156c14a1ed237b43409f/HTTPStreaming.rb I might have a look that that when I get a bit more time. > > ... which is why if Net:HTTP domain resolution worked in windows, I'd > be tickled pink. > > (I'm thinking one kludge hack might be to run a download on the same > url first, just before doing the net:http one... which, from tests, > seems to allow net::http to resolve). but downlaod fails for some platforms? I thought that was the problem with it. > > Essentially, > [Did this get truncated?] Hugh
