On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:59:10 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: [....] > I'm pretty sure those are in /etc, not /etc/dnf. If they're in the > latter, can you confirm that and check what package provides them (rpm > -qf /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*)? I don't see anything providing them. You're right. My bad. They're in /etc. And I get # rpm -qf /etc/ dnf/DIR_COLORS* error: file /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*: No such file or directory >> In the first one, I found among much else >> # If you use DOS-style suffixes, you may want to uncomment the >> following: >> #.cmd 01;32 # executables (bright green) I changed 32 to 31; removed >> both hashmarks; no joy; rebooted; still no joy. >> >> Am I editing the wrong file? That comment about suffixes doesn't >> quite sit right, but I didn't see anything else that looked likelier. > > Assuming you really meant /etc/DIR_COLORS*, then to be clear, 1) that > will affect ls rather than dnf; and 2) you _are_ most likely editing the > wrong file if you edit /etc/DIR_COLORS. > > The logic for which of the 3 files is used is in > /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh (for bourne-style shells like bash). Most > modern terminal support 256 colors (at least), so they'll most likely > use /etc/DIR_COLORS.256color. Am I remembering wrong? Istr that I could tell a given machine *once* that I want to see dot files, and it would *always* display them. > After you edit it, you must source /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh to pick up > the changes. "source" is a verb?? Sorry -- you lost me. What does it mean? > You can also copy the proper DIR_COLORS* file to your home dir to avoid > having a clean install overwrite your changes in /etc. The paths which > the colorls.sh script uses are: > > $HOME/.dir_colors.$TERM $HOME/.dircolors.$TERM $HOME/.dir_colors > $HOME/.dircolors > > The first one found is used. Sigh. The curse of the autodidact strikes again. I know that "HOME" in all upper case has a standard meaning, and I suppose "TERM" must, too. But I can never remember what it is, nor where to look it up. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
