Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-03-01, 22:07

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by mdavid

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Thanks very much for your reply. Are you saying I can't use DOSKEY commands that require a response? I understand that DosBox is for games, the only reason I'm using it is because it's the only emulator that my COBOL progs recognize the APPEND path for data files. I know vDosPlus is more suitable …

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-03-01, 20:32

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by mdavid

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Hi, Thanks very much, updated with latest SVN and now see the file sizes correctly. Problem now is with DOSKEY, here's what I did to allow me to confirm deletions. C:>command.com C>doskey del=del $* /p C>cd \sa2000 C>del *.txt C:\sa2000\FileName.txt Delete (Y/N)? As soon as I try to enter Y or N …

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-03-01, 14:00

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by mdavid

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Thanks, I've now got dosbox.exe and 4 dll's, how do I install? Or do I just drop it into a folder and run dosbox.exe? Or should I add/replace the files in my DOSBox 0.74-2 folder? - the new DOSBox.exe is 40% smaller

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-03-01, 06:49

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Is this the download http://ykhwong.x-y.net/? - Download DosBox SVN DAUM Windows installer - setup. OR this one - https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox-svn-lfn/files/ DosBox svn-lfn Want to be sure we're on the same page. Thanks David

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-28, 22:47

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Hi, Please could you give the download link for that SVN. I'm having this problem in DOSBox 0.74-2 Thanks David

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failure for commands with wildcard

Posted on 2019-02-28, 22:19

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Hi, running dosbox 0.74-2 when I enter a command such as "copy *.dta *.ppp" I get a "copy failure" message for each file being copied and ends "0 Files(s) Copied." In short any copy command using wildcards fails. Is there a solution to this problem? Thanks David

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best dosbox build for legacy software - not games

Posted on 2019-02-28, 07:33

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Hi, I need to use DOSBox to run some legacy dos software 'cause it's the only emulator that solves a problem I have with the APPEND command. Please could you recommend best DOSBox build - SVN, MegaBuild etc. - to run legacy dos software? Any help much appreciated. David

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how can I install dosbox svn with 4dos

Posted on 2019-02-28, 01:22

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Hi, Are there any detailed instructions on how to install and use dosbox svn with 4dos. Thanks for any help David

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-26, 20:14

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by mdavid

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Hi, I'm trying to help some one run his legacy DOS software - not games- in Win7 and above. There was a problem using the APPEND command with COBOL program data files. DOSbox was the only emulator that the APPEND command worked with these programs. Now what I'm trying to do is duplicate the doskey …

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-26, 19:04

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Sorry - not solved! Afte I run COMMAND.COM, then dir all files have a size 0. After I exit DOSbox and view files in Windows everything is fine. Can anyone throw any light on this? Thanks David

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-26, 18:29

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OK solved, had the wrong COMMAND.COM. Got the right one from https://www.allbootdisks.com/disk_contents/download/dos.html for DOS 6.22 - size 54KB. Now as dr_st said running command.com then doskey macro works as it should. Thanks for your help David

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-26, 14:24

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Thanks for your help, still not making progress At DOSbox prompt: >COMMAND.COM >FreeCom version 0.84-PRE2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00.29.00] >DOSKEY c=cls >DOSKEY Features are already enabled in the shell How do I create/run macros? Thanks David

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Re: doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-26, 08:29

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Thanks, "It does work if I run COMMAND.COM from inside DOSBox" Could you elaborate, how do I use COMMAND.COM?, How do I create the macro "c=cls"?

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doskey macro gives "illegal command"

Posted on 2019-02-26, 01:23

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hi, trying to run doskey macro, but receive "illegal command" Typed: doskey c=cls at prompt: c returns: illegal command doskey /macros returns: c=cls why am i receiving "illegal command" Thanks for any help David

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Re: how to enable (enhanced) doskey in dosbox mb5

Posted on 2019-02-25, 23:36

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Where do I find the latest build of dosbox? Where can I find out how to install 4dos with dosbox, how do I check if it's installed. Entered in autoexec section of dosbox .conf SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\4DOS.COM the path before MOUNT is C:\SA-EXTRAS\DOS which path do I use?

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how to enable (enhanced) doskey in dosbox mb5

Posted on 2019-02-24, 19:25

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Hi, trying to use enhanced doskey Ver 2.8 with dosbox megabuild 5. I've replaced doskey.com with the enhanced doskey.com, in the .conf file under autoexec section entered: doskey. Now want to use F8 / alt + F8 to see history starting with character, I enter first letter of commands to list at prompt …

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Re: Use DOSPRN to print from DOSBox

Posted on 2019-01-30, 17:11

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Hi Jos, I'm trying to use vDos, I need to download the DOS APPEND command for MSDOS-5.0 - do you know where I can find it? Thanks David

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Re: Use DOSPRN to print from DOSBox

Posted on 2019-01-29, 23:16

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by mdavid

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Thanks very much Jos for your quick response, I'll give vDos ( or vDosPlus) a go after I get some sleep.

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Use DOSPRN to print from DOSBox

Posted on 2019-01-29, 22:55

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by mdavid

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Hi, need some direction. I've installed DOSBox MegaBuild 6 to run some legacy dos software - not games. I need to print from within DOSBox and understood from here https://dosprn.com/faq.htm#25 that I could use DOSPRN. I've installed DOSPRN into the DOSBox Mount directory, but when I try and print …

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