[SLE] ls Colors is not making sense

From: Chris Carlen (crcarle_at_sandia.gov)
Date: 09/15/05

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    Hi:

    Suse 9.1

    I have an environment var called LS_COLORS set automatically by Suse
    which for a link has ln=00;36 which I take it should be cyan. However
    my links show red.

    I unset LS_COLORS, then my links show cyan.

    I look in the man page and info page for ls, of course they specify that:

    --color[=WHEN]
                   control whether color is used to distinguish file
                   types. WHEN may be never', always', or auto'

    Let's see here:

    > alias ls
    alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS'

    But of course my LS_OPTIONS variable is set to:

    > echo $LS_OPTIONS
    -N --color=tty -T 0

    So what is going on here? Does Suse know what they are doing? Why are
    options being used on ls that are inconsistent with the docs?!?! Of
    course I don't trust the docs very much considering that they are unable
    to organize them and even alphabetize them for that matter. Nor do the
    info docs state to what version of the programs they apply to.

    At least the man page for ls agrees with the ls --version.

    The info pages attempt to be cool by organizing info into little
    hyperlinked categories, but only succeed in making it more of a chore to
    find what you are looking for. Where does the ls info explain what env
    vars affect ls?

    What is /etc/DIR_COLORS used for?

    Why did my links show red?

    Thanks for input. 

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Sandia National Laboratories
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