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From:	"John Morrison" <john DOT r DOT morrison AT ntlworld DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: Colors in Cygwin window
Date:	Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:06:55 +0100
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Hallo John,

Morning ;)

> Am Sonntag, 28. Juli 2002 um 12:31 schriebst du:
>
> >> Most interesting is this line:
> >> eval `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS`
>
> >> where the file DIR_COLORS is a default one from the Mandrake
> >> dist (Cygwin version attached;)
>
> > Most files come out a mucky yellow colour!  Don't know why :'(
>
> $ ls -l
> will tell you that they are
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 gerrit   Domänen-     1017 Jul 24 23:34 reporter.pl*
> ^^^^^^^^^^^ all executables are                      ^^^^^^^yellow.
>
> So, if you set the permissions correct, e.g. to archives:
> -r--r--r--
> archives will be red,
> .c files:
> -rw-rw-rw-
> will be cyan and so on.

So it doesn't just go on file extension; it uses permissions too...

J.


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