On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 04:32:25PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: changing file attribute colors
> Date: Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 05:02:31PM -0500
>
> In reply to:will trillich
>
> Quoting will trillich([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:12:26PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: changing file attribute colors
> > > Date: Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:10:25PM -0500
> --<snip>--
> >
> > i just discovered that mine is a bit off, too:
> >
> > % dircolors
> > setenv LS_COLORS ''
> >
> > now THAT's helpful!
> >
> > but my 'ls' shows colors just fine. very odd!
> >
> > some of this may have a LOT to do with improperly-set TERM
> > variables, which i'm investigating (and not discovering
>
> Sorry for the delay, my monitor died last night! :-(
> But this new 17" monitor is Great!!
>
> Have you looked at your .dircolors file? Do you have one?
> (dircolors --print-database > .dircolors)
>
> I never had a problem with ls showing colors, Will. I have a problem
> with the 'Blink' option not working when I tell it to have a
> non-existent symlink blink red! I have had that set up since 94-95
> IIRC, in Slackware and SuSe. I no longer have any Slink systems
> around but I thought it worked there as well.
aha.
% dircolors
setenv LS_COLORS ''
% dircolors --print-database > ~/.dircolors
% dircolors !$
setenv LS_COLORS 'no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33.....
much better.
now, understand, that /bin/ls -F --color always showed color for
me, but i had no control over it.
but i'm feeling much better, now.
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