Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/11/16/11:45:33
Hmmmm, I can't get it to work. The eval `dircolors ls.colors` does load the LS_COLORS
variable with all manner of stuff, but subsequent invocations of ls still aren't
colored (I renamed the colours-for-ls.nt4 to ls.colors).
Running NT4SP3, TERM=linux, B20.
Vince
Michael Hirmke wrote:
> Hi Todd,
>
> >Question: Does the LS_COLORS environment variable work in NT/WIN95? or is
> >it only a Linux thing? I have set it to just about everything imaginable to
>
> It works at least on my German Windows NT 4 SP3 Server.
>
> >no effect. The only colorizing I get comes with the use of --colors with ls.
> > I have been successful using the dircolors command as far as modifying the
> >colors database, but that is all. What are the values of LS_COLORS?
> >'always', 'auto' and 'none'?
>
> This is, what I use:
>
> in .bashrc:
> ------------------------< snip snip snip >-----------------------------
> eval `dircolors colours-for-ls.nt4`
> alias ls="ls --color=tty -F -T 0"
> ------------------------< snip snip snip >-----------------------------
>
> colours-for-ls.nt4:
> ------------------------< snip snip snip >-----------------------------
> # Configuration file for the color ls utility
>
> # COLOR needs one of these arguments: 'tty' colorizes output to ttys, but not
> # pipes. 'all' adds color characters to all output. 'none' shuts colorization
> # off.
> COLOR tty
>
> # Extra command line options for ls go here.
> # Basically these ones are:
> # -F = show '/' for dirs, '*' for executables, etc.
> # -T 0 = don't trust tab spacing when formatting ls output.
> OPTIONS -F -T 0
>
> # Below, there should be one TERM entry for each termtype that is colorizable
> TERM linux
> TERM vt100
> TERM win32
> TERM xterm
>
> # EIGHTBIT, followed by '1' for on, '0' for off. (8-bit output)
> EIGHTBIT 1
>
> # Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init
> # string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes:
> # Attribute codes:
> # 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed
> # Text color codes:
> # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
> # Background color codes:
> # 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white
> NORMAL 00;47;30 # global default, although everything should be something.
> FILE 00;47;30 # normal file
> DIR 00;47;34 # directory
> LINK 00;47;35 # symbolic link
> FIFO 00;47;36 # pipe
> SOCK 00;47;36 # socket
> BLK 00;40;33 # block device driver
> CHR 00;40;37 # character device driver
>
> # This is for files with execute permission:
> EXEC 00;47;31
>
> # List any file extensions like '.gz' or '.tar' that you would like ls
> # to colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
> # (and any comments you want to add after a '#')
> .cmd 00;47;31 # executables (bright green)
> .exe 00;47;31
> .com 00;47;31
> .btm 00;47;31
> .bat 00;47;31
> .tar 00;47;32 # archives or compressed (bright red)
> .tgz 00;47;32
> .arj 00;47;32
> .taz 00;47;32
> .lzh 00;47;32
> .zip 00;47;32
> .z 00;47;32
> .Z 00;47;32
> .gz 00;47;32
> .jpg 01;47;37 # image formats
> .gif 01;47;37
> .bmp 01;47;37
> .xbm 01;47;37
> .xpm 01;47;37
> .tif 01;47;37
> ------------------------< snip snip snip >-----------------------------
>
> >
> >Also does anyone know where I can get a version of info that runs in cygwin?
> >
> >Thanks...
> >
> >Todd Jones
>
> Bye.
> Michael.
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