From: dave AT syncinc DOT com (Dave Finnegan)
Subject: Re: LS_COLORS operational? and info info
21 Jan 1999 01:55:53 -0800
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To: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <TerryL AT ultimatetechnology DOT com>
Cc: Michael Hirmke <mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de>,
        "'gnu-win32 mail list'" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

I'd like to enable colors ... could you provide the "colors.nt" file, please?

Thanks,

  Dave

"Lincoln, W. Terry" wrote:

> 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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