Re: DIR_COLORS

From: Michael B Allen (mba2000_at_ioplex.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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To: "Thomas Adam" <thomas_adam16@yahoo.com>

    Thomas Adam said:
    > --- Michael B Allen <mba2000@ioplex.com> wrote:
    >> Would anyone happen to know why?
    >
    > eval `dircolors -b`
    >
    > has always been what has worked for me:
    >
    > [n6tadam@station n6tadam]$ unset LS_COLORS
    > [n6tadam@station n6tadam]$ eval $(dircolors -b)
    > [n6tadam@station n6tadam]$ echo $LS_COLORS

    That's basically what I was doing:

    eval `dircolors --sh /etc/DIR_COLORS`

    where /etc/DIR_COLORS was stolen from Red Hat. The --sh option is an alias
    for -b. If I run the above on the commandline it works as advertised. But
    when executed in /etc/profile it does not work. It exports LS_COLORS= but
    the value is empty. I can see this by adding "env > /tmp/out" immediately
    after the eval command and looking at /tmp/out. Maybe some environment
    variable needs to be set like TERM=xterm.

    >
    > [..output snipped..]
    >
    > You can uncomment the use of "eval `dircolors -b`" in ~/.bashrc

    I did. Also, noteworthy that if I change that line to "eval `dircolors -b
    /etc/DIR_COLORS` it works. Of course it only works for me so it's still
    not satisfactory.

    Mike 

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