SPOOLDIR = "/var/spool"
t = os.getenv("HOME")                                    -- is $HOME set?
t = t or os.getenv("TEMP")                               -- for Windows
SPOOLDIR = t .. "/work"  .. '/' .. (os.date("%Y-%m-%d")) -- strftime(3)
http = require "socket.http"                             -- load library
url  = "http://www.qupps.biz/~jpm/cf"                    -- URI
body, code = http.request(url)                           -- perform request
if code == 200 then                                      -- success  
        local line = string.gsub(body, "\n", "")         -- strip newlines
        SPOOLDIR = line
end