From:	John DOT Cook AT kla-tencor DOT com (Cook, John)
Subject:	RE: Colors in shell
13 Apr 1998 18:22:41 -0700 :
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To:	GNU-Win32 Project <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

This alias is safer:

  alias ls='ls --color=auto'

With the one below, the terminal color codes might cause
trouble when the output of ls is not to the console.

--John

> ----------
> From: 	Christopher Sexton[SMTP:chsexton AT vt DOT edu]
> Sent: 	Friday, April 10, 1998 2:26 PM
> To: 	GNU-Win32 Project
> Subject: 	Re: Colors in shell
> 
> 
> >How do I get colors? You know, blue for directories, red for links,
> and so
> >on and so on?
> >I mostly utilize the tcsh shell, and have a setenv LS_COLORS line in
> my
> >.tcshrc file, but I get nothing.
> >Any help would be great!
> 
> do you mean colors for "ls", if that is all make a alais for ls set to
> "ls
> --color"
> 
> the line in the rc file is like this: alias ls="ls --color"
> 
> at least that is what I think you are looking for.
> 
> CRS
> 
> 
> <><
> 
> Christopher Sexton
> remedy AT vt DOT edu
> 
> http://sexton.home.ml.org
> UIN: 559124
> 
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>          -e. e. cummings
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