MaxScript to the rescue! You can use the MaxScript Listener(F11) to type in the following to clear the background filename:

backgroundimagefilename=""

This will clear the entry for the filename. I have noticed that you do need to exit 3DSMax to fully make the change complete.

Here is the sample program I wrote to test the expected output:

 my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime;

# formatted just by concatenating output
my $datestring = $mon . "/" . $mday . "/" . $year . "  " . $hour . ":" . $min.
":" . $sec  ;

# formatted using sprintf to ensure proper digit counts are output
my $datestring2 = sprintf("%02d/%02d/%04d %d:%02d:%02d %s",$mon,$mday,1900 +$yea
r,$hour,$min,$sec, $hour >= 12? "PM" : "AM");

 print $datestring;
  print $datestring2;

rsync -azuv -e ssh  user@originserver:public_html/* public_html/

The options I used were for :

This took some time to run, but I did not have to babysit the command and it duplicated the data from my old server to the new one.

SET PASS=somepassword
: or
:SET PASS=
if x%PASS%= X (
  SET PASSARG=--password somepassword
) else
(
  SET PASSARG=
)

commandtorun %PASSARG%

Now if the user comments out his password, the script will make the PASSARG environment variable be empty or if they set a password the passarg variable will be filled in.

The following is the basic code to handle the command line arguments.

class CmdArgs
{

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
      int argsize = args.length;
      String curarg;

      if (argsize > 0 )
      {

      }

      for(int i = 0; i < argsize; i++)
      {
          if (args[i].equals("--host")
          {
             args++;
             host = args[i];
           }
          else if (args[i].equals("--debug")
          {
               debug = 1;
          }
          else
          {
              System.out.println("Unknown option: " + args[i]);
              System.exit(1);
          }
       }

   }
}

The bat file for Dos/Windows might look like this:

@echo off

java -cp c:\javabin;somejar.jar  com.etechtips.CmdArgs %*

The shell based file might look like:

java -cp /home/ecdown/javabin:somejar.jar com.etechtips.CmdArgs $*

find . -exec grep "somestring" {} \; --print

This find command will search from the current directory and for each file will run grep on it and if it finds a matching string, it will print the string and then the filename. So I took this and moved it into a script.

#!/bin/sh

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
  echo 1>&2 Usage: $0 ""
  exit 127
fi
icase=
search=

while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
  case $1 in
     -i) icase=$1;;
      *) search=$1 ;;
  esac
  shift
done

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep $icase $search

This allows me to run a command such as

efind -i Super

This command will search all files starting from the current directory and recurse directories and the “-i” will tell it to ignore case.

/proc/cpuinfo

This file contains information about the Processors and you can do a simple:

more /proc/cpuinfo

to see all the details or you can grep for certain fields:

processor       -- This will show you how many processor entries there are.
cpu MHz  or MHz -- This will show you the speed of the processors.
cache size      -- This will show you the cache size available to the processor.
model           -- This will show you the type and model of the processor you are using.

There are quite a few more fields, but these are the ones that I check the most.

Use the :edit command:

:edit

Or you can shorten it to

:e

Now if you have typed in the window you are editing and want to reload from disk anyway without saving, remember to add the exclamation point(!) to the command.

:edit!

or

:e!

To update this, Goto Tools->Options.

In the popup menu, select the privacy tab.

At the bottom there is the Location bar section. Select the “When using the location bar, suggest:

History and Bookmarks  
History
Bookmarks
Nothing

background-color
background-image
background-repeat
background-attachement
background-position

The background-color property specifies the color of the element. This can be useful to specify if someone has turned images off and you want a non-default view of your content. You can use a hex value (#RRGGBB), a shortcut hex value (#RGB) or a named color (red, green,blue).

background-color: #fffffff;

The background-image specifies an image to place in the background of an element. Remember that the image should be supported by as many browsers as possible. This means using jpeg, pngs or gifs, not tifs or proprietary image formats.

background-image: url(images/someimage.gif)

The background-repeat property specifies how an image should display within an element. You can have it repeat across (repeat-x), repeat downwards (repeat-y) or not repeat (no-repeat).

background-repeat: repeat-x;

The background-attachmemnt attribute is used to specify if an image should scroll (scroll) with the page, be fixed (fixed) to the page or inherit position from a parent element (inherit).

background-attachment: fixed;

The background-position attribute is used to specify the starting position of an image. This can be useful if you are using a sprite to speed up loading times. The background-position attribute can take a Xpx Ypx argument, an X% Y% argument, named arguments(left top, right bottom,…) or inherit from the parent.

background-position: 50% 50%;

Here is an example of the use of these:

 body {
   background-color: #ffffff;
   background-image: url(images/someimage.gif);
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   background-attachment: fixed ;
   background-position: left top ;
}

You can also use a short cut method to the background property.

 .imagebox {
  background: #ffffff url(images/someimage.gif) no-repeat fixed right top;
}