Also see man ls "DISPLAY COLORIZATION", which says:
You can override the default colors by defining the envi-
ronment variable LS_COLORS (or LS_COLOURS).
The current version of ls handles colors differently than the
version I used in Slackware.
Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Tue, 26 May 1998, the lone gunman wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > I recently installed Debian 1.3.1 that I purchased from Linux System
> > Labs. I have had several problems, and cannot seem to find the
> > answers.
> >
> > Getting color with ls! I copied my /etc/DIR_COLORS from my old
> > slackware system to my new Debian system. In my /etc/profile, I have
> > "dircolors -b" run, and then I alias ls="ls --color=auto".
> >
> > Now, if I un-alias ls (that is, only dircolors is run), then NOTHING
> > is in color. But with the alias, regardless of what I do with
> > dircolors, I get my lists in color, but not the custom colors I've
> > defined in /etc/DIR_COLORS.
> >
> > What gives?
>
> >From "info dircolors":
>
> `dircolors' outputs a sequence of shell commands to set up the
> terminal for color output from `ls' (and `dir', etc.). Typical usage:
>
> eval `dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]`
>
> If FILE is specified, `dircolors' reads it to determine which colors
> to use for which file types and extensions. Otherwise, a precompiled
> database is used. For details on the format of these files, run
> `dircolors --print-database'.
>
> I think this gives enough information. I think you omitted the filename.
>
> Remco
Bob
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