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 > listing
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 <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.
Now Hans Lermen <lermen@fgan.de> is maintaining this funny software.