RE: directory colors

["Venkatesh. K" <kvs blr vsnl net in>]

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Umang Natani,NM Chennai wrote:

> does these colors have any meaning..   i mean different colors represent
> different types of directories.

Yes. Different colors represent directories, binaries,
symbolic links etc.

> 
> > DIR_COLORS is where you keep the color setting. 
> > Just put the following line in your /etc/.bashrc
> > 
> > alia ls='ls --color=auto'

I understand it is always advisable to use DIR_COLORS only
for tty output.

you can use the following entry in .bashrc.

alias ls="ls --color=tty"


Venkatesh. K

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