lib/scripts/download_file

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# -*- shell-script -*- :mode=shellscript:
#
# Bash function to download file via "curl".

function download_file ()
{
  [ "$#" -ne 2 ] && {
    echo "Bad arguments for download_file" >&2
    return 2
  }
  local REMOTE="$1"
  local LOCAL="$2"

  type -p curl > /dev/null || {
    echo "Require \"curl\" to download files" >&2
    return 2
  }

  local CURL_OPTIONS="--fail --silent --location"
  if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]
  then
    case $(sw_vers -productVersion) in
      10.*)
        CURL_OPTIONS="$CURL_OPTIONS --insecure"
        ;;
    esac
  fi

  echo "Getting \"$REMOTE\""
  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOCAL")"

  if curl $CURL_OPTIONS "$REMOTE" > "${LOCAL}.part"
  then
    mv -f "${LOCAL}.part" "$LOCAL"
  else
    rm -f "${LOCAL}.part"
    echo "Failed to download \"$REMOTE\"" >&2
    return 2
  fi
}