require 'open-uri' ConfigFiles = "http://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=blob_plain;f=%s;hb=HEAD" def ConfigFiles.download(name, dir = nil) data = URI(self % name).read file = dir ? File.join(dir, name) : name open(file, "wb", 0755) {|f| f.write(data)} end