From: TerryL AT ultimatetechnology DOT com (Lincoln, W. Terry)
Subject: RE: LS_COLORS operational? and info info
20 Jan 1999 05:53:51 -0800
Message-ID: <9901192050.AA31879.cygnus.gnu-win32@net2.netacc.net>
To: Michael Hirmke <mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de>
Cc: "'gnu-win32 mail list'" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>


Michael Hirmke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [...]
> >prompt> eval 'dircolors colors.nt'
> >LS_COLORS='<lots of blurb>';
> >export LS_COLORS
> >
> >But LS_COLORS is not actually set.  If I manually set the variable   
myself
> >(export LS_COLORS='<lots of blurb>') then it works...
>
> You have to source the script, so that the env var is added to your
> actual shell. You are trying to change the environment of the calling
> shell, which isn't possible in a Unix like environment.
> So write the commands to .bashrc or some other script
>
> >> > ------------------------< snip snip snip   
>-----------------------------
> >> > eval `dircolors colours-for-ls.nt4`
> >> > alias ls="ls --color=tty -F -T 0"
> >> > ------------------------< snip snip snip   
>-----------------------------
>
> and then call it with either
>
> . ./.bashrc
>
> or
>
> source ./.bashrc

This actually works quite fine on my Cygwin B20.1 NT-4.0 machine:
$ eval `(dircolors colors.nt)`
I think the parens are needed to support the semi-colons generated by the   
program.

>
> Bye.
> Michael.

Hope it works for you...


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