Dosemu

noodle123 · 04-22-2002, 02:13 PM

Dos executable: decomp.exe

I get files uploaded to me on a linux box, but then i have to download it to my dos pc cuz i need to use a dos executable to decompress it. (This is different from the standard linux 'decompress/compress').

Now my question is how to i set this up so i can use DOSEMU/DOSEXEC to run this dos executable thru a linux box.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

acid_kewpie · 04-22-2002, 03:34 PM

this is nothing to do with programming. please think about what forums you post questions in.

read the man page and other docs for dosemu, and try using it. but i doubt you need to use it. you can probably unzip/unrar/unlha or whatever just easily enough under linux

zmedico · 04-22-2002, 03:55 PM

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Originally posted by noodle123
i need to use a dos executable to decompress it. (This is different from the standard linux 'decompress/compress').

What are you trying to decompress/compress? Both WInzip and WinRar run on Linux if you use Wine! http://www.winehq.com/

However, I recommend that people use free software that is license compatible with *GPL or *BSD. For example, here are a few compression programs that run natively on Linux:

gzip
bzip2
zip

You can find out how they work by reading their man pages. Example:

man zip