Re: Start DOS application from linux

[Rick Knight <rick_knight@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jaime,

What I found works for me is "/usr/bin/xdosemu -w -E c:\mybat.bat"

Thought I had posted here, maybe not.

Thanks again,
Rick

Jamie wrote:
> Hi Frank and Rick,
>
> The line will (likely) work as Rick wants it to, as long as the 
> "-dumb" is removed. (It worked for me.)
>
> Try using:   /usr/bin/dosemu -input 'c:\\mybat.bat\r'
>
> jamie
>
>
>
> Rick Knight wrote:
> > Frank Cox wrote:
> > > On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:30:42 -0800
> > > Rick Knight <rick_knight@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >  
> > > > I've done this before, but I've forgotten how. I want to start a 
> > > > DOS application from a linux shell script. I want the script to 
> > > > start xdosemu and then start the application (blood.exe) and then 
> > > > when I exit the application I want the script to exit xdosemu. I 
> > > > have done this before, but it's been a while and I've forgotten how 
> > > > I did it. Can someone refresh my memory?
> > > >     
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/dosemu -dumb -input 'c:\\mybat.bat\r'
> > >
> > > Put "exitemu" as the last line in mybat.bat.
> > >
> > >   
> > Frank,
> >
> > I've tried this. The game starts and I can hear the sounds, but I 
> > don't get a window or full screen game image. Just sounds.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rick
> >
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