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I'm trying to configure the Autoexec section of Dosbox. I downloaded DOSBOX for Windows and I added these lines : 

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.

MOUNT C C:\DOSGAMES\
C:

I saved and ran Dosbox.exe, it worked !

I'm doing the same thing for Dosbox in Fedora 30, configuring the file dosbox-0.74.conf located in /usr/share/dosbox/translations/fr.

But when I run it, it doesn't work. Here is a screenshot : http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/30/2/1563874333-dosboxconf.jpg

It worked for Windows...

I tried to put these lines on each dosbox-0.74.conf located in each translation folder, but still not working. I think that the application doesn't run this configuration file, it seems to be another file, but which one? I've made a search of dosbox and these were the only files existing.

Kenichi-san
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The .dosbox folder was hidden by design.

Each user have its own default config file in ~/.dosbox/dosbox.conf . For root, go in /root/ and do Ctrl+H , and hidden folders will appear.

You can choose other config files with the corresponding flag, so make sure to configure the right dosbox.conf file.

MUY Belgium
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  • This is an old Unix convention. Many user-specific configuration files are located in each user's home directory (`/root/` for the root user). If they were visible, they would clutter up the home directory, so it became the norm to start the names of those files with a dot, and the `ls` command was programmed to hide such *dotfiles* by default. Whether good or bad, this is such an old convention that it will be very difficult to completely change it. – telcoM Jul 23 '19 at 12:24
  • Oh, thanks for the explanation, I see now. Merci, mon ami belge ! – Kenichi-san Jul 23 '19 at 12:29