On 11.7.2004 at 18:58 Ryan Underwood wrote:
>I did something like this for synchronet's usage of dos doors:
>
>/usr/bin/env TERM=linux QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=$NODE_TEMP dosemu.bin -I"video
>{ none }"
> -I"keystroke \r" -I"serial { virtual com 1 }"
>-f/etc/dosemu/dosemu-bbs.conf
> -E"D:external.bat" -o/tmp/dosemu.log 2> /tmp/dosemu_boot.log >>
> $NODE_TEMP/dosevent.log
>
>This all looks horrible. Here are a few things to remember:
>1) Keep track of whether you are on the DOS side or the Unix side. If
>you are writing a batch file or passing a -E, you are on the DOS side.
>Otherwise, you are on the Unix side.
>
>2) DOSDRIVE_D is a usual variable to determine where you are mounting
>drive D from. It is read via 'unix -s' once dosemu has executed,
>usually in the autoexec.bat. If you are using something besides a
>standard freedos distribution, you will need to use unix -s and unix -e
>yourself to check the environment, mount drives, and run the DOS command
>given via -E.
>
>$NODE_TEMP in this example should point to the PCBoard node's temp
>directory on the Unix side. It will be mounted as drive D on the DOS
>side, so in PCBoard setup, be sure to point it to D for the node
>temporary directory. This needs to be a different directory on the Unix
>side for every node.
>
>3) the -I options add dynamically to dosemu's configuration when it has
>started.
>4) -f lets you give a configuration specifically for your BBS that is
>separate from system dosemu configuration.
>
>5) -E gives the command that dosemu is to execute on the DOS side when
>'unix -e' is invoked. In this case, we are running a command called
>"external.bat" on the D: drive which was mounted via lredir after giving
>DOSDRIVE_D to the DOS side autoexec.bat. You will want here a batch
>file to start PCBoard in frontend-mailer mode. Optionally, in this
>"bootstrap" batch file, you could mount other drives via lredir, i.e.
>for access to door games or file areas.
>
>6) The rest of the stuff at the end is just for logging on the Unix
>side. It can be useful for debugging.
>
>Any more questions, please post.
>
>--
>Ryan Underwood, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How do I (or is it possible to without modifications to source) suppress dosemu's
bootup messages?
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