NAME¶
dosemu, xdosemu - run DOS and DOS programs under Linux
SYNOPSIS¶
dosemu [
-dumb ] [
-quiet ] [
-input
keystroke-string ] [
-s ] [
-install [ bootdir ] ]
[
args ]
xdosemu [
-dumb ] [
-quiet ] [
-input
keystroke-string ] [
-s ] [
-install [ bootdir ] ]
[
args ]
DESCRIPTION¶
dosemu is the wrapper script for
dosemu.bin (1) which invokes the
Linux dos emulator, also known as
DOSEMU. The wrapper also takes care
of (eventually) installing the private instance of
DOSEMU in the user's
$HOME, if this doesn't exist.
OPTIONS¶
- args
- any number of options described in dosemu.bin (1), please refer to
this man page for further details. However, take care to quote and escape
correctly so bash doesn't mess up arguments containing blanks and
backslashes.
- -dumb
- use `dumb' terminal mode. This will only work for DOS applications, which
do plain text output to stdout, but has the advantage that (A) the output
of the DOS application stacks up in your xterm scroll buffer and (B) you
can redirect it to a file such as
- $ dosemu -dumb dir > listing
-
Note that DOSEMU command.com's commandline editor/history will also work
here, however, editing is restricted to BACKSPACE'ing.
- -quiet
- do not print startup comment and do not stop for prompting
- -input
- Do simulated keystrokes as given by keystroke-string just after DOS
has booted. This can be used to autolaunch applications, bypass any needed
boot menus or something similar. For details on the format of the string
look at README.txt.
- -s
- Invoke dosemu via sudo. This is necessary to get access to certain I/O
ports and to get graphics on the Linux console. Please refer to the
documentation (INSTALL and README.txt) to see which files need to be
adjusted before attempting this.
- -install [ bootdir ]
- launched as part of a systemwide installation, this option (re-)installs a
DOS that is used in DOSEMU (this can be the DOSEMU distributed FreeDOS or
any proprietary DOS, which is bootable via fatfs). bootdir is the
base name of a directory. The symbolic link ~/.dosemu/drives/c will be
changed to point to this directory. Re-installing is only rarely
necessary, since in practise the symbolic link(s) will automatically point
to updated files.
- --version
- print version of dosemu and list of available options.
AUTHOR¶
DOSEMU (comprised of the files
dosemu.bin and
dosemu ) is
based on version 0.4 of the original program written by Matthias Lautner (no
current address that I know of).
Robert Sanders <gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu> was maintaining and enhancing
the incarnation of
DOSEMU with which this man page was originally
distributed. During about 4 years James B. MacLean
<macleajb@ednet.ns.ca> was the restless leader of the dosemu team,
implementation of DPMI (which made Windows-3.1, dos4gw, djgpp, e.t.c running)
happened during his 'governement' and brought the project near to Beta-state.
Hans Lermen <lermen@fgan.de> took over and released the first 1.0
version. Now Bart Oldeman <bart@dosemu.org> is maintaining this funny
software.
FILES¶
- $HOME/.dosemurc
- per-user configuration file
- /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf
- or (only if /etc/dosemu.users exists)
- /etc/dosemu.conf
- systemwide configuration file
- $HOME/.dosemu/boot.log
- default file for debug and log messages
- $HOME/.dosemu/drive_c/
- default directories of the local per user DOSEMU instance
- /usr/bin
- /usr/share/dosemu/
- /usr/share/dosemu/dosemu-bin.tgz
- /usr/share/dosemu/dosemu-freedos-bin.tgz
- default systemwide installation, containing binaries and templates (The
paths can be changed during creation of the systemwide installation).
SEE ALSO¶
dosemu.bin(1)