60 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
60 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
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.TH DOSBOX 1 "March 31, 2003"
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.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
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.SH NAME
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dosbox \- an x86/DOS emulator with sound/graphics primarily for games
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B dosbox
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[\fB-fullscreen\fR]
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[\fB-conf\fR \fIconfigfile\fR]
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[\fB-lang\fR \fIlangfile\fR]
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[\fBfile\fR]
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[\fB-c\fR \fIcommand1\fR <\fIcommand2\fR>...]
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.br
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page briefly documents
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\fBdosbox\fR, an x86/DOS emulator capable of running many games.
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.TP
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The optional \fBfile\fR argument should be a DOS executable or a directory. If it is a dos executable (.com .exe .bat) the program will run automatically. If it is a directory, a DOS session will run with the directory mounted as C:.
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.SH OPTIONS
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A summary of options is included below.
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.TP
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\fB-fullscreen\fR
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Start DOSBox in fullscreen mode
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\fB-c\fR \fIcommand 1\fR [\fIcommand 2\fR] ...
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Run one or more DOS commands after starting \fBdosbox\fR. If an executable is
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also specified, these commands will be executed before running the program.
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.TP
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\fB-conf\fR \fIconfigfile\fR
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Start \fBdosbox\fR with the options specified in \fIconfigfile\fR
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\fB-lang\fR \fIlangfile\fR
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Start \fBdosbox\fR with the language specified in \fIlangfile\fR
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.SH INTERNAL COMMANDS
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.B dosbox
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supports most of the DOS commands found in command.com. In addition, the
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following extra commands are available:
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\fBMOUNT\fR [\fB-t\fR \fItype\fR] [\fB-size\fR \fIsize\fR] \fBdriveletter\fR \fBsourcedirectory\fR [\fB-aspi\fR]
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Map \fBsourcedirectory\fR to \fBdriveletter\fR.
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\fItype\fR may be \fIdir\fR for a hard drive, \fIfloppy\fR for a floppy
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drive or \fIcdrom\fR for a cdrom. \fIsize\fR specifies the size of the volume.
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You can force ASPI mode for a cdrom with \fB-aspi\fR.
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\fBMEM\fR
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Display the amount of free memory
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\fBCONFIG\fR [\fB-writeconf\fR] [\fB-writelang\fR] \fBfile\fR
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Write the current configuration or language settings to \fBfile\fR
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.SH FILES
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Configuration and language files use a format similar to Windows .ini files. If a file named
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\fBdosbox.conf\fR is found in the current directory, it will be automatically loaded.
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.SH BUGS
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Not all DOS programs work properly. Notably, any program that uses protected mode will not work at all.
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DOSBox will exit without warning if an error occured.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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The README in /usr/share/doc/dosbox
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was written by Peter Veenstra <H.P.Veenstra@student.rug.nl> and James Oakley <jfunk@funktronics.ca>,
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for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
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