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)