Where is the .conf file under macOS (installed under home brew)?

[kwccoin]

Question

Refer to the wiki page

(Windows)  C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\DOSBox-X\dosbox-x-<version number>.conf
(Linux)    ~/.config/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-<version number>.conf
(macOS)    ~/Library/Preferences/DOSBox-X <version number> Preferences

I can update the windows one so to use it to do mounting.

But based on above I tried to the same with macOS, I cannot find it. Any hint where I can find it.

Actually I do want to do a bit more like update config.sys (FILES=20) and update autoexec.bat (add c:\tp\bin) after mount.

(I wonder whether it is related to my use of homebrew to install it. Also is it a good idea to clone the reference.conf and use it on my home directory instead of updating the default .conf of the system?)

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[kwccoin]

My temporary solution on MacOS (M2) is to use command line and batch file as follows.

But really where is the conf file? And is config.sys with "Files=20" necessary?

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dosbox-x -c 'mount c . && c:\A.BAT'

A.BAT

REM TP7 require PATH=C:\DOS;C:\TP\BIN
REM dosbos-x is PATH=Z:\;Z:\SYSTEM;Z:\BIN;Z:\4DOS;Z:\DEBUG;Z:\TEXTUTIL

@set path=%path%;C:\TP\BIN
PATH
C:
CD C:\ZDN2GW4B

REM For my Turbo Bridge debugging

TPC BRIDGE.PAS /B
BRIDGE

[wpcwzy]

I found the config file might be in /opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/dosbox-x/share/dosbox-x

After renaming the dosbox-x.preference.conf to dosbox-x.conf and changing some options in it, it does take effect (like fullscreen on startup).

I'm using macOS 15.0.1 on M3 air and my brew version is Homebrew 4.2.2. The dosbox-x I installed by brew has the version stable 2024.10.01

[maron2000]

If you use the official build (NOT homebrew), the location of the conf file is indeed where it is mentioned in the wiki page.

[maron2000]

For some reason if mac cannot search for files, you can explicitly designate the conf file to load from command line.
dosbox-x -conf conf_file_you_want_to_load.conf
It should be easier than entering commands directly in the command line.

You can fetch a sample and rename it for your convenience.
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/raw/refs/heads/master/dosbox-x.reference.conf
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/raw/refs/heads/master/dosbox-x.reference.full.conf