On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, bob jones wrote:

> Without help from the RHLIST I wouldn't have a chance. So thanks again
> in advance....
>
> Somewhere I read that a file ".dir_colors" in $HOME will allow
> /usr/bin/dircolors to set colors for the "ls" command on a per user
> basis. I have tried to do this, using an edited version of
> /etc/DIR_COLORS for my own .dir_colors file. I've tried all the
> variations I can think of to get the script produced by
> /usr/bin/dircolors to do the job. No luck.
>
> Is there a special trick for this?

you also have to add a special option to the "ls" command:

alias ls="ls --color=tty"

rday

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Robert P. J. Day
Eno River Technologies, Durham NC
Unix, Linux and Open Source training


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