Ryan Camick <ryan@endless.eu.org> writes: > On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 12:21, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I wondered if this is caused by local setting: >> >> Phenomena I observe is when i call `ls' on a directory I see the >> symlinks in my chosen color of cyan. However if I call >> `ls .misc-snippets' >> >> Or any dot file that is a symlink it doesn't appear in >> cyan, but in default color. >> >> If I call it like `ls -l .dot-file, then the cyan appears >> >> Going to a 7.3 machine I have running I see a direct ls like: >> `ls .misc-snippets' does show the cyan. > > [~]$ mkdir test > [~]$ cd test > [test]$ ln -s ../.gnome-desktop > [test]$ ls -al > Works for me here. Symlink to .gnome-desktop shows in cyan as you > describe. That isn't what I described. What you did works the same for me. You called `ls' on a directory. The phenomena I described only shows itself when `ls' is called directly on a dot file. Now try: `cd test' (List the symlink directly [by name] as I described) ls .gnome-desktop (NOTE: no -al) Does it show cyan? On the 7.3 I mentioned .. it does. But not on the 8 > Also compare DIR_COLORS to your RH7.3 system, and note that RH8 has an > additional file, DIR_COLORS.xterm. Finally, you can check the > environment variable which ultimately contains this info (LS_COLORS), > comparing it also to RH7.3 .dir_colors is imported from the 7.3 machine -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
