Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 16:05:47 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: bas AT merlin DOT ebicom DOT net
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ls colors
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 bas AT merlin DOT ebicom DOT net wrote:

> Sorry for not being clear on that.  I ran ls --color=auto and it listed the
> dir with color, but then I ran ls with no args and it didnt show any color.

This is how it's supposed to work.  You need to mention the --color=auto 
every time you want the colorization feature.  Personally, I just made a 
keyboard macro (or an alias) which always tacks on that option.