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1 perry 1 DOSEMU
2 !!!DOSEMU
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 AUTHOR
8 SEE ALSO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 dosemu, xdosemu - run DOS and DOS programs under Linux
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
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17 __dosemu__ [[ __-dumb__ ] [[ __-home__ ] [[
18 __-quiet__ ] [[ __-input__ ''keystroke-string'' ] [[
19 __args__ ]
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22 __xdosemu__ [[ __-dumb__ ] [[ __-home__ ] [[
23 __-quiet__ ] [[ __-input__ ''keystroke-string'' ] [[
24 __args__ ]
25 !!DESCRIPTION
26
27
28 __dosemu__ is the wrapper script for __dosemu.bin__
29 (1) which invokes the Linux dos emulator, also known as
30 __DOSEMU__.
31 !!OPTIONS
32
33
34 ''args''
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36
37 any number of options described in __dosemu.bin__ (1),
38 please refer to this man page for further details. However,
39 take care to quote and escape correctly so bash doesn't mess
40 up arguments containing blanks and backslashes.
41
42
43 ''-dumb''
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45
46 use `dumb' terminal mode. This will only work for DOS
47 applications, which do plain text output to stdout, but has
48 the advantage that (A) the output of the DOS application
49 stacks up in your xterm scroll buffer and (B) you can
50 redirect it to a file such as
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53 $ ./dosemu -dumb -E dir
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56 Note that DOSEMU command.com's commandline editor/history
57 will also work here, however, editing is restricted to
58 BACKSPACE'ing.
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61 ''-home''
62
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64 in addition to drive C:, make the users $HOME available as
65 drive D:. Note, however, that most of the Unix file names
66 will get mangled.
67
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69 ''-quiet''
70
71
72 do not print startup comment and do not stop for
73 prompting
74
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76 ''-input''
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79 Do simulated keystrokes as given by ''keystroke-string''
80 just after DOS has booted. This can be used to autolaunch
81 applications, bypass any needed boot menus or something
82 similar. For details on the format of the string look at
2 perry 83 README.txt. Note, however, that the !FreeDos kernel eats one
1 perry 84 keystroke at bootup in order to let you time to type in F8.
85 So in this case you always should add a 'r' at the beginning
86 of this keystroke-string. As a side effect it will bypass
2 perry 87 the 'F8' delay and !FreeDos will boot faster ;-)
1 perry 88 !!AUTHOR
89
90
91 __DOSEMU__ (comprised of the files __dosemu.bin__ and
92 __dosemu__ ) is based on version 0.4 of the original
93 program written by Matthias Lautner (no current address that
94 I know of).
95
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97 Robert Sanders
98 DOSEMU__
99 with which this man page was originally distributed. During
2 perry 100 about 4 years James B. !MacLean
1 perry 101 __
102 !!SEE ALSO
103
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3 perry 105 dosemu.bin(1)
1 perry 106 ----
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