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Commands

2010-11-21T20:33:07Z

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== CD (Change Directory) ==
:Allows you to move up and down a directory tree. '''CD''' is simple to use, just type

CD [Directory-Name]

:And if the Directory-Name correctly refers to an available directory then you will be moved from your current working directory to the new one. Once completed, any command you issue will operate under the new working directory, and your prompt will be updated to reflect your current working directory. Multiple folders can be traversed at once (assuming you know the correct names) by typing their names together with the '''\''' separating them for example

C:\>'''CD SIERRA\KQ5'''
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>

:There are also 3 special directories that are available inside every directory which help you simply move around. They are

. which refers to the current directory

.. which refers to the directory directly above the current directory

/ which refers to the root directory

:Once you have moved into a sub directory, you can move back by typing

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..'''
C:\SIERRA>

:And like all other directories you can string them together

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..\..'''
C:\>

:If you ever need to move back to the root directory you can use the '''\''' alias.

C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD \'''
C:\>

== CLS ==
:Clears the screen of all input and returns just the current prompt in the upper left hand corner.

== COPY ==
:Copy a file
:Syntax is COPY <Orignal Filename> <New Filename>

COPY Document.txt CopyOfDocument.TXT

== DIR ==
:Lists all of the available files and sub directories inside the current directory. Some variants of this are "dir/p" (pauses after each page) and "dir/w" (this gives a wide view)

== DEL ==
:Remove one or more files.

== EXIT ==
:Exit from DOSBox

== MD ==
:Makes a directory.

== MOVE (unsupported) ==
:DOSBox has no MOVE command. Use the REN command to move files.

== RD ==
:Removes a directory.

== TYPE ==
:Display the contents of a text-file.

== REN ==
:Renames one or more files.
:Note: Unlike MS-DOS, DOSBox doesn't require the source and target filenames to be in the same folder.

== LOADFIX ==
:Loads a program above the first 64K of memory.

== LOADHIGH ==
:Loads a program into upper memory (requires xms=true,umb=true)

== CHOICE ==
:Waits for a keypress and sets ERRORLEVEL. Displays the given prompt followed by [Y,N]? for yes or no respones.
:Used for batch scripts in most cases.

CHOICE "Text to ask"

== VER ==
:View and set the reported DOS version. Also displays the running DOSBox version.
:To set the reported DOS version use the following:

VER SET <MAJOR> [MINOR]

:where MAJOR is the number before the period, and MINOR is what comes after.
:Versions can range from 0.0 to 255.255. Any values over 255 will loop from zero. (That is, 256=0, 257=1, 258=2, etc)

Commands

2010-11-21T20:27:41Z

StonedDwarf: /* CD (Change Directory) */

== CD (Change Directory) ==
Allows you to move up and down a directory tree. '''CD''' is simple to use, just type
CD [Directory-Name]

And if the <code>Directory-Name</code> correctly refers to an available directory then you will be moved from your current working directory to the new one. Once completed, any command you issue will operate under the new working directory, and your prompt will be updated to reflect your current working directory. Multiple folders can be traversed at once (assuming you know the correct names) by typing their names together with the '''\''' separating them, for example:
C:\>'''CD SIERRA\KQ5'''
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>

There are also 3 special directories that are available inside every directory which help you simply move around. They are:
*<code>'''.'''</code> which refers to the current directory
*<code>'''..'''</code> which refers to the directory directly above the current directory
*<code>'''\'''</code> which refers to the root directory

Once you have moved into a sub directory, you can move back by typing
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..'''
C:\SIERRA>

And like all other directories you can string them together:
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD ..\..'''
C:\>

If you ever need to move back to the root directory you can use the <code>'''\'''</code> alias.
C:\SIERRA\KQ5>'''CD \'''
C:\>

== CLS ==
:Clears the screen of all input and returns just the current prompt in the upper left hand corner.

== COPY ==
:Copy a file
:Syntax is COPY <Orignal Filename> <New Filename>

COPY Document.txt CopyOfDocument.TXT

== DIR ==
:Lists all of the available files and sub directories inside the current directory. Some variants of this are "dir/p" (pauses after each page) and "dir/w" (this gives a wide view)

== DEL ==
:Remove one or more files.

== EXIT ==
:Exit from DOSBox

== MD ==
:Makes a directory.

== MOVE (unsupported) ==
:DOSBox has no MOVE command. Use the REN command to move files.

== RD ==
:Removes a directory.

== TYPE ==
:Display the contents of a text-file.

== REN ==
:Renames one or more files.
:Note: Unlike MS-DOS, DOSBox doesn't require the source and target filenames to be in the same folder.

== LOADFIX ==
:Loads a program above the first 64K of memory.

== LOADHIGH ==
:Loads a program into upper memory (requires xms=true,umb=true)

== CHOICE ==
:Waits for a keypress and sets ERRORLEVEL. Displays the given prompt followed by [Y,N]? for yes or no respones.
:Used for batch scripts in most cases.

CHOICE "Text to ask"

== VER ==
:View and set the reported DOS version. Also displays the running DOSBox version.
:To set the reported DOS version use the following:

VER SET <MAJOR> [MINOR]

:where MAJOR is the number before the period, and MINOR is what comes after.
:Versions can range from 0.0 to 255.255. Any values over 255 will loop from zero. (That is, 256=0, 257=1, 258=2, etc)

Usage

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StonedDwarf: Text formatting

dosbox [name] [-exit] [-c command] [-fullscreen] [-conf configfile] [-lang languagefile] [-machine machinetype] [-noconsole]

===Usage===
*<code>name</code>

If <code>name</code> is a directory, DOSBox willl mount the specified directory as the C drive.<br />
If <code>name</code> is an executable, DOSBox will mount the directory of <code>name</code> as the C drive, and start executing <code>name</code>.

*<code>-exit</code>
DOSBox will exit after name has been executed.

*<code>-c command</code>
Runs the specified command before running <code>name</code>. Multiple commands can be specified. Each command should start with <code>-c</code> though.

*<code>-fullscreen</code>
Starts DOSBox in fullscreen mode.

*<code>-conf configfile</code>
Start DOSBox with the options specified in <code>configfile</code>.

*<code>-lang languagefile</code>
Start DOSBox using the language string specified in <code>languagefile</code>.

*<code>-machine machinetype</code>
Setup DOSBox to emulate a specific type of machine. Valid choices are: hercules, cga, tandy, and vga (with vga as the default).

*<code>-noconsole</code> (Windows Only)
Start DOSBox without showing the console window, output will be redirected to <code>stdout.txt</code> and <code>stderr.txt</code>. This is useful if DOSBox crashes, since the error messages stored in <code>stdout.txt</code> and <code>stderr.txt</code> may help the developers fixing the problem.

===Notes===
*If a <code>name/ command/ configfile/ languagefile</code> contains a space in it, put the whole <code>name/ command/ configfile/ languagefile</code> between quotes ("example").
*In Windows you can also drag directories/files onto the DOSBox executable.

===Example===
dosbox c:\atlantis\atlantis.exe -c "MOUNT D C:\SAVES"

This would mount <code>c:\atlantis</code> as <code>c:\</code> and run <code>atlantis.exe</code>. Before it does that, it would first mount <code>C:\SAVES</code> as the D drive.