require('Net::FTP'); var ftp = %s'Net::FTP'.new('ftp.ed.ac.uk', Passive => 1); ftp.login('anonymous','aaa@gmail.com'); ftp.cwd('pub/courses'); [ftp.dir].each {|line| say line }; ftp.binary; # set binary mode ftp.get("make.notes.tar"); ftp.quit;