On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Eric Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Peng Yu on 12/30/2009 4:09 PM: >> alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical' >> >> The above alias doesn't distinguish the color for a symbol link >> pointing to a file and a symbol link pointing to a dir. I'm wondering >> if there is a way to configure it to do so? > > Use dircolors (as in adding the line: > > eval "`dircolors path/to/preferences`"
http://linux.die.net/man/5/dir_colors According to the above page, can I put the line 'LINK target' in ~/.dir_colors without calling eval "`dircolors path/to/preferences`" in the profile? > in your login scripts) to change the settings used by ls --color=auto. In > this case, your version of path/to/preferences should contain the setting of: > > LINK target I don't want the color of the link the same as the color of the target. I want the color of the link that points to a file different from the color of the link that points to a dir. I still want to tell that they are links, so I can not use the same color as their targets. > rather than the default of LINK 01;36. That will then tell ls to color > symlinks according to what they point to. > > - -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! > > Eric Blake [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAks7/4gACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCSfQCePklqXlQDdC2QXKt+8V9HQHYJ > plYAoIG1B3PG17HgA7AzSDUkZLVzAOol > =EsgA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
