X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <650494.62332.qm@web25505.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <650494.62332.qm@web25505.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:53:03 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: LS_COLORS filetype color definitions are ignored From: Thayer Williams To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 16 October 2010 13:35, Marco Atzeri wrote: > --- Sab 16/10/10, Thayer Williams =C2=A0ha scritto: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having trouble getting any of cygwin terminals to >> render LS_COLORS >> values for filetypes. Directories, links and executables >> are rendered >> in color, but individual files (zip archives, movies, etc.) >> are >> displayed all in one color. Found some years-old solutions >> on google, >> but none have worked. > > on my PC after > eval "`dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS`" > > all the zips come red > > Regards > Marco Thanks, it's good to know it works for someone; that convinced me it was something wrong on my end and it was. For some reason, every single file under 'My Documents' has 700 for perms and thus executable. Dropping the x bit shows the colors as expected. Now to figure out why they're all executable... Thanks again, Cheers -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple