From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How to use LS_COLOR env variable?
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 20:14:11 +0000
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billy chen wrote:
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> I tyr to put djgpp.env for ls.exe using for profile to create a color
> dsplay on my win95 dos box. Looks like ls.exe is not reading the
> djgpp.env.  I try to use dos commaand to set LS_COLOR. It coms
> a syntax error for set command. I also looking for docs, did not have
> luck. Anyone could give a clue? Thank you in advance.

The default compilation of ls.exe defaults to non-colorized output.  To
get color, you must pass ls the '-color' parameter, as follows:

  --color=none		Do not use color at all (default)
  --color=auto		Only use color if stdout is a terminal
  --color=always	Always use color

Please read the documentation before complaining; it's right there under
"info ls general".

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