15. Commands & Utilities

These are some utitlies to assist you in using Dosemu.

15.1 Programs

bootoff.com

switch off the bootfile to access disk see examples/config.dist at bootdisk option

booton.com

switch on the bootfile to access bootfile see examples/config.dist at bootdisk option

chdir.com

change the Unix directory for Dosemu (use chdir(2))

dosdbg.com

change the debug setting from within Dosemu

• dosdbg -- show current state
• dosdbg <string>
• dosdbg help -- show usage information

dumpconf.exe

???

eject.com

eject CD-ROM from drive

emumouse.com

fine tune internal mousedriver of Dosemu

• emumouse h -- display help screen

exitemu.com

terminate Dosemu

getcwd.com

get the Unix directory for Dosemu (use getcwd(2))

isemu.com

detects Dosemu version and returns greater 0 if running under Dosemu

lancheck.exe

???

lredir.com

redirect Linux directory to Dosemu

• lredir -- show current redirections
• lredir D: LINUX\FS\tmp -- redirects /tmp to drive D:
• lredir help -- display help screen

mgarrot.com

give up cpu time when Dosemu is idle

speed.com

set cpu usage (HogThreshold) from inside Dosemu

system.com

interface to system(2)...

unix.com

execute Unix commands from Dosemu

• unix -- display help screen
• unix ls -al -- list current Linux directory
• caution! try "unix" and read the help screen

cmdline.exe

Read /proc/self/cmdline and put strings such as "var=xxx" found on the commandline into the DOS enviroment. Example having this as the dos commandine:

                 dos "autoexec=echo This is a test..."

then doing

 
                 C:\cmdline < D:\proc\self\cmdline
                 %autoexec%

would display "This is a test..." on the DOS-Terminal

vgaoff.com

disable vga option

vgaon.com

enable vga option

15.2 Drivers

These are useful drivers for Dosemu

cdrom.sys

allow direct access to CD-ROM drives from Dosemu

ems.sys

enable EMM in Dosemu

emufs.sys

redirect Unix directory to Dosemu