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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)