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RE: HOME
- From: "Lafond, Kenneth G" <kenneth dot g dot lafond at intel dot com>
- To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 09:50:17 -0700
- Subject: RE: HOME
>> Reasons:
>> - file DIR_COLOR doesn't exist in /etc
>It should be. That's where the package puts it.
It's called DIR_COLORS in the latest I downloaded. I just added the 'S'.
Thanks!
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: John Morrison [mailto:john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:37 AM
To: cygwin
Subject: RE: HOME
> From: Lafond, Kenneth G
>
> Looks like a good time to bring up my proposed corrections from thread
> "Changes to default profile". I'd suggest:
>
> Current (from below):
> # Uncomment to use the terminal colours set in DIR_COLOR
> # eval `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLOR`
>
> Changed (works on my system when uncommented):
> # Uncomment both lines below to use the terminal colours set in DIR_COLORS
> # eval `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS`
> # alias ls='ls --color=auto'
>
> Reasons:
> - file DIR_COLOR doesn't exist in /etc
It should be. That's where the package puts it.
> - alias line seems to be necessary to make dircolors work (see
> /etc/DIR_COLORS)
alias shouldn't be part of the profile, it should be in the
bashrc (I'll add comment's there to that effect).
> - 'Instruction' comment line changed to reflect changes
Thanks for the comments,
J.
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