I need to check which key the user must hit to boot their PC from a USB key or a CD. Does it depend on the BIOS maker, or on the maker/model of the motherboard? I was told about the nice, open-source Speccy to get some information on the hardware, but is there a library that I could use to get the same info from a (.Net) program and te...
Do you know if exists a good Java library to burn & print light scribe cd, if possible free or yet best open source Have you already used some of them? It's possible to print either text and images on cd? ...
I'm trying to create a function that goes to a specific directory, and if a single argument is specified add that to the directory string. But no matter what I try I can't get it to work and bash always reports that X is not a directory even though if I copy/paste it to a new command line it works from there. function projects () { DI...
I used 'change directory' in my shell script (bash) #!/bin/bash alias mycd='cd some_place' mycd pwd pwd prints some_place correctly, but after the script finished my current working directory doesn't change. Is it possible to change my path by script? ...
I've been thinking a lot lately about how cool it would be to have a website that allows a user to insert a disc into their drive and click a button to begin a ripping process. After the rip is complete, it would upload to a server and be hosted there. Ideally, the process would be seamless for both DVDs and CDs and work cross platform. ...
I've got a website that I've been asked to distribute on CD that uses xmlHttpRequest. As it'll be using file:// rather than http:// I think it's going to break. What is the best way to get this to work, if at all? Thanks ...
I've got Flash content that needs to run within a web page off a CD. It works fine if I change the security settings in the Flash Global Security settings screen but that can only be accessed online. So... Can the security violation be overcome with a cross-domain XML on the local drive somehow? Can the Global Security settings screen ...
I'm just looking for a customizable CD menu software that allows user to customize the content of the menu such as menu titles, heading, logo, skin etc very easily without building a menu from the scratch. It should be run on windows platform. Any suggestions? thanks ...
Hi all, i want to run a program via script. normally i type ./program in the shell and the program starts. my script looks like this: #!/bin/sh cd /home/user/path_to_the_program/ sh program it fails, i think the last line went wrong... i know this is childish question but thx a lot! ...