I've tried numerous ways of downloading files, specifically .zip and .tar.gz, with Ruby and write them to the disk.

I've found that the file appears to be the same as the reference (in size), but the archives refuse to extract. What I'm attempting now is:

Thanks!

def download_request(url, filePath:path, progressIndicator:progressBar) 

file = File.open(path, "w+")
    begin
      Net::HTTP.get_response URI.parse(url) do |response|

        if response['Location']!=nil
          puts 'Direct to: ' + response['Location']
          return download_request(response['Location'], filePath:path, progressIndicator:progressBar)
        end

        # some stuff

        response.read_body do |segment|
          file.write(segment) 
          # some progress stuff.
        end
      end
    ensure
      file.close
    end
end

download_request("http://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/tarball/master", filePath:"tarball.tar.gz", progressIndicator:nil)