X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19+SZm6MKUFdKlyfG8e/6ba Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:42:26 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.7.9/WinXP: dircolors error Message-ID: <20111219174226.GA23016@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4EEF5E65 DOT 32215 DOT 527CF066 AT jseidel DOT edpci DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4EEF5E65.32215.527CF066@jseidel.edpci.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id pBJHglKp030856 On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 07:55:17AM -0800, Jon Seidel CMC wrote: >Running the following: >  dircolors -b > .dircolors >  dircolors -b .dircolors >results in the error: >  .dircolors:1: invalid line;  missing second token > >This works just fine on a Win7 installation of the same 1.7.9 >version. Couldn't find anything more recent than a 2006 reference to >this error in the list archives > >I did find that modifying and using the Mandrake /etc/DIR_COLORS file >as follows: >  cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.DIR_COLORS >  dircolors -b ~/.DIR_COLORS >works just fine > >Thanks...jon-- >Jon Seidel CMC >Effective Decisions... Priceless! Three separate messages on this subject is two more than adequate, especially when you already received a response. Please stop the spamming. -- 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