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Re: dircolors DOES NOT WORK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chris parman)
Tue Nov 12 19:09:29 1996
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:04:30 -0500 (EST)
From: chris parman <chev@eel.ufl.edu>
To: Jeffrey Ely <jeff@saaz.econ.nwu.edu>
Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611122334.RAA22643@saaz.econ.nwu.edu>
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Heres what I did. I put ---> alias ls='ls --color' , in the .bashrc file
or you can put ---> alias ls 'ls --color' , in the .tcshrc file. It may
also work in the profile in /etc, but I haven't tested it yet.
-Chris
> I have read the recent threads on dircolors. I understand that
> dircolors defaults to using its own compiled-in color scheme.
>
> I want to modify /etc/DIR_COLORS and do eval 'dircolors /etc/DIR_COLORS'.
> I see the following:
>
> [jeff@hallertau jeff]$ dircolors /etc/DIR_COLORS
> LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=36:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:';
> export LS_COLORS
>
> notice the di=36 is changed from the defaults. This should produce
> non-bold cyan directories. But nothing changes. If I do
>
> LS_COLORS='di=36';export LS_COLORS
>
> the directory colors are changed as I want them.
>
> BUT, if I do:
>
> LS_COLORS='di=36'
> export LS_COLORS
>
> there is no change.
>
>
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