DOSEMU

DOSEMU

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS AUTHOR SEE ALSO

NAME

dosemu, xdosemu - run DOS and DOS programs under Linux

SYNOPSIS

dosemu [ __-dumb__? [ __-home__? __-quiet__? [ __-input__ ''keystroke-string''? __args__?

xdosemu [ __-dumb__? [ __-home__? __-quiet__? [ __-input__ ''keystroke-string''? __args__?

DESCRIPTION

dosemu is the wrapper script for dosemu.bin (1) which invokes the Linux dos emulator, also known as DOSEMU.

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 -E dir

Note that DOSEMU command.com's commandline editor/history will also work here, however, editing is restricted to BACKSPACE'ing.

-home

in addition to drive C:, make the users $HOME available as drive D:. Note, however, that most of the Unix file names will get mangled.

-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. Note, however, that the !FreeDos? kernel eats one keystroke at bootup in order to let you time to type in F8. So in this case you always should add a 'r' at the beginning of this keystroke-string. As a side effect it will bypass the 'F8' delay and !FreeDos? will boot faster ;-)

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 DOSEMU with which this man page was originally distributed. During about 4 years James B. !MacLean?

SEE ALSO

dosemu.bin(1)