Quickstart - writing to a file

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vi:ts=4:et
+
+import pycurl
+
+# As long as the file is opened in binary mode, both Python 2 and Python 3
+# can write response body to it without decoding.
+with open('out.html', 'wb') as f:
+    c = pycurl.Curl()
+    c.setopt(c.URL, 'http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/')
+    c.setopt(c.WRITEDATA, f)
+    c.perform()
+    c.close()