FTP - Download multiple files using ruby
 

I have written ftp code which will download a single file from the
Server using the below code:

require 'rubygems'

require 'net/ftp'

require 'fileutils'



URL = 'IP address'

username = 'test'

passwd = "test"

filename = "file1"

directory = '/home/test/'

localfile = 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\User1\\Desktop\\file1'

ftp=Net::FTP.new

ftp.connect(URL,21)

ftp.login(username,passwd)

ftp.chdir(directory)

ftp.getbinaryfile(filename,localfile)

ftp.close

But what i am really looking for is:
1) Download multiple files from a given directory.
2) Download files by giving wild characters (eg: *.xls or *.txt)

Please let me know if there is a better way or easier way to achieve
these tasks.

cheers