* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-07-18 12:10): > how does this color feature of ls work? > If i make an alias like ls='ls --color' the output of ls is colored in some > way. > It colores executable files, subdirectories and symbolic links. > As far as i have seen yet, there's a file called DIR_COLORS under /etc/ > where a lot of more color stuff is configured. But ls doesn't color things > like > .tgz files although this type of file is configured in the DIR_COLORS file. > Any hint why this doesn't work for me or some advice what i should change?
You're probably not using the /etc/DIR_COLORS by default. Try adding "eval `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS`" to your ~/.bashrc and log out and in again. I find its easier to run "dircolors -p >~/.dircolors" and then add "eval `dircolors -b ~/.dircolors`" to my .bashrc and then make all changes to ~/.dircolorsi (instead of the system-wide /etc/DIR_COLORS). Probably more pertinent on a multi user system, but good policy nevertheless. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
