13. Commands & Utilities

These are some utitlies to assist you in using Dosemu.

13.1. 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

uchdir.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

eject.com

eject CD-ROM from drive

emumouse.com

fine tune internal mousedriver of Dosemu

  • emumouse h -- display help screen

exitemu.com

terminate Dosemu

ugetcwd.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 dosemu commandine:
                     dosemu.bin "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

xmode.exe

set special X parameter when running as xdos

13.2. 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

aspi.sys

ASPI conform SCSI driver

fossil.com

FOSSIL serial driver (TSR)