I've been using DOSBOX for a few years now and for the sake of consistency would prefer if I was able to open folders and run executables with spaces in the name.
Is this possible?
I've yet to find a command that works.
Cheers.
You can mount folders with spaces but then you are limited to Dos conform folders and file names
wrote:You can mount folders with spaces but then you are limited to Dos conform folders and file names
Alright,
Let's say I want to play a game and the executatble is located in:
C:\Program Files\DOSBox\Games\Terminator\Future Shock\Future Shock.exe
What would the command be to run this without having to eliminate the spaces in the name of the last folder and the executable file?
You cannot. Keep the games as they were and don't add spaces to folders and exe. Dos naming scheme of 8+3 (filename+extension)
You can't. DOS rules (back in the day) were 8.3 names without special characters (i.e.: dots, spaces).
You can do something like:
mount f "c:\program files\dosbox\games\terminator\future shock\"
So your game directory will be mapped to f drive, but then you would have problems to run that "Future Shock.exe".
I have traveled across the universe and through the years to find Her.
Sometimes going all the way is just a start...
Volkov Commander can open directories with spaces. I dont know if Norton also does.
I am aroused about any X86 motherboard that has full functional ISA slot. I think i have problem. Not really into that original (Turbo) XT,286,386 and CGA/EGA stuff. So just a DOS nut.
PS. If I upload RAR, it is a 16-bit DOS RAR Version 2.50.
It might not work IN DOSBox as DOSBox won't show the directory with spaces correctly so the directory it want to open might not exist...
The quotation marks did the trick.
DOSBox doesn't like executables with spaces though...
I even tried 6 characters and a ~1 suffix without any luck.
Thanks for the lesson.
Yes, because the file name is "future shock.exe" not "future s.exe" or "future~1.exe", so when you enter those the exe is not found.
