Ubuntu Manpage: dosemu, xdosemu - run DOS and DOS programs under Linux

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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.

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