Hi, Ricardo!
`dircolors' comes with its own built-in colorization scheme; that's what
U get when U type `dircolors --print-database.' If U want to
_customize_ your colorization scheme, dump the database to a file, like
this:
dircolors --print-database > dircolors.db
make whatever changes U want, and in your `.bash_profile' file (if U're
using `bash' as your shell), enter this line:
eval $(dircolors -b /path/to/your/file/dircolors.db)
If U're using `csh,' it changes slightly (see `dircolors --help' for
explanation):
eval $(dircolors -c /path/to/your/file/dircolors.db)
and it has to be put into your `.tcshrc' file.
Now when U open a window, `dircolors' generates a command to set the
environment variable LS_COLORS. This is executed in a subprocess (it's
inside a `$(...)' construct), and its output is returned as a string
passed to `eval,' which _runs_ that command (which sets the LS_COLORS
environment variable) in the context of the current process (sort of
like using `source' or `.').
HTH!
Phil the Old Coder
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Ricardo Cardoso
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:47 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Problems with 'dircolors'
Hi all,
Can someone explain me how dircolors work?
I don't understand the concept of the environment variable (in this case
- i think - LS_COLORS) and when i try 'set LS_COLORS --COLOR' it does
nothing at all.
I've tried to create a file (something.txt) with the options from '
dircolors --print-database' and then give all the values to LS_COLORS
but I get error messages like:
token is missing in line 7
and other stuff like it.
Thx,
stuccio
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