You must put the color config in a file, eg: /etc/DIR_COLORS (that's an example of where they could reside; a shell server where I have access puts them there). Then you need to make sure that on every login you run the dircolors command with that file as an argument, like this: `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS` (replace -b with -c if you're using csh or a variation instead of bash or sh). Making it run at every login can be achieved by putting that line in your ~/.bashrc or equivalent shell rc-file.
As an example I attached the DIR_COLORS file from that shell server since I have no idea if there's actualy a debian package that provides this config file in any way... "dircolors" is provided in coreutils, so you'll already have it installed. On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 09:55, Adam wrote: > I have changed the background color of my gnome-terminals and now the > colorized text from ls is ugly and hard to read. How can I change these > colors? > > Thanks, > Adam -- Rial Juan <http://nighty.ulyssis.org> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 20135549 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgium tel: ++3289856533 cellular: ++32496737018 This message will self-destruct when raped by leprechauns...
# Configuration file for the color ls utility # This file goes in the /etc directory, and must be world readable. # You can copy this file to .dir_colors in your $HOME directory to override # the system defaults. # COLOR needs one of these arguments: 'tty' colorizes output to ttys, but not # pipes. 'all' adds color characters to all output. 'none' shuts colorization # off. COLOR tty # Extra command line options for ls go here. # Basically these ones are: # -F = show '/' for dirs, '*' for executables, etc. # -T 0 = don't trust tab spacing when formatting ls output. OPTIONS -F -T 0 # Below, there should be one TERM entry for each termtype that is colorizable TERM linux TERM console TERM con132x25 TERM con132x30 TERM con132x43 TERM con132x60 TERM con80x25 TERM con80x28 TERM con80x30 TERM con80x43 TERM con80x50 TERM con80x60 TERM cons25 TERM xterm TERM rxvt TERM xterm-color TERM color-xterm TERM vt100 TERM dtterm TERM color_xterm # EIGHTBIT, followed by '1' for on, '0' for off. (8-bit output) EIGHTBIT 1 # Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init # string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes: # Attribute codes: # 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed # Text color codes: # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white # Background color codes: # 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white NORMAL 00 # global default, although everything should be something. FILE 00 # normal file DIR 01;34 # directory LINK 01;36 # symbolic link FIFO 40;33 # pipe SOCK 01;35 # socket BLK 40;33;01 # block device driver CHR 40;33;01 # character device driver ORPHAN 01;05;37;41 # orphaned syminks MISSING 01;05;37;41 # ... and the files they point to # This is for files with execute permission: EXEC 01;32 # List any file extensions like '.gz' or '.tar' that you would like ls # to colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string. # (and any comments you want to add after a '#') .cmd 01;32 # executables (bright green) .exe 01;32 .com 01;32 .btm 01;32 .bat 01;32 .sh 01;32 .csh 01;32 .tar 01;31 # archives or compressed (bright red) .tgz 01;31 .arj 01;31 .taz 01;31 .lzh 01;31 .zip 01;31 .z 01;31 .Z 01;31 .gz 01;31 .bz2 01;31 .bz 01;31 .tz 01;31 .rpm 01;31 .cpio 01;31 .jpg 01;35 # image formats .gif 01;35 .bmp 01;35 .xbm 01;35 .xpm 01;35 .png 01;35 .tif 01;35
