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How to set up PATH to an executable in DosBox?

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First post, by csanyipal

Posted on 2023-04-14, 08:51

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Hi,

I have installed DosBox on my Ubuntu operating system.
It works fine.

I am asking for help about PATH command, because I want to set PATH to an executable so I can run that executable from everywhere, in every directorium.
Is it possible such setup in DosBox?

I tried followings, but without any success:
In ~.dosbox/dosbox-0.74-3.conf added following line:

1[autoexec]
2# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
3# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
4set path=d:\mined.exe

or just

1path=d:\mined.exe

This does not do anything. What am I doing wrong?

Any advices will be appreciated!

Best, Paul

Reply 1 of 4, by weedeewee

Posted on 2023-04-14, 09:11

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You set the path variable to the directory where the executable is located. Not directly to the executable.

in your case that would be

PATH=D:\;

you can add more paths (directories) by seperating them with a ;
as in

PATH=D:\;C:\DOS;C:\UTILS;

at least that's the way path works in dos. don't know if it's the same for the dosbox config file.

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Reply 2 of 4, by csanyipal

Posted on 2023-04-14, 09:36

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I solve this by using line:

1set PATH=%PATH%;D:\

Reply 3 of 4, by 7F20

Posted on 2024-09-02, 20:57

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I am trying to set a path to some directory utilities on a Raspberry Pi. The path to the executable is "/home/scope/Games/utilities/"

I tried

set path=Z:/;"/home/scope/Games/utilities/"

and also

set path=Z:/;"/home/scope/Games/utilit~1/"

also set path="/home/scope/Games/utilities/"

and a bunch of other things, but nothing seems to work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

TIA

Reply 4 of 4, by jmarsh

Posted on 2024-09-02, 21:09

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You're trying to use a path from the host machine inside the emulated machine.

Mount the directory inside DOSBox and add the mounted location to the path.

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