does DIR_COLOR is support by slackware

Paxmaster · 11-18-2004, 02:57 PM

some how i am not able to see /etc/DIR_COLOR nor ~ .dir_color, that the package is not install

Tinkster · 11-18-2004, 03:27 PM

/etc/DIR_COLORS is part of /slackware/a/coreutils-<mumble>

If you don't have it you most likely deleted it yourself,
or do things like ls, cp, mv and the like not work for
you either?

Cheers,
Tink

Paxmaster · 11-18-2004, 04:41 PM

i know i didn't delete. and i also i try to locate the file but no luck,
and i went to slackware website and search for the package in /pb but no luck, and also i went to freshmeat.net, but no luck. can some one please give me a link

thank

Tinkster · 11-18-2004, 05:11 PM

Again: DIR_COLORS is part of the package
coreutils on your slackware CD.

If you're using slackware 10 it's in
<CD1>/slackware/a/coreutils-5.2.1-i486-1.tgz

Cheers,
Tink

Paxmaster · 11-18-2004, 08:40 PM

yea thanks i found it , and i have adjust it, but now i have one more problem the color does not show in x window, but it show in the console run-level 3 but not in 5 how could i fix

Tinkster · 11-18-2004, 09:56 PM

The (imho) best way to do the dir-colouring in
ls is to create an alias

alias lsc='ls --color=always'

Stick that into your ~/.bashrc

I wouldn't use colours as the norm because they
aren't very well suited for many kinds of post-
processing of ls' output...

Cheers,
Tink