ls color

frankie_DJ · 09-11-2005, 06:02 PM

OK, I am not actually having trouble to set up anything, it's more like curiosity. I have ls color set up by default, without any .bashrc or .bash_profile added, but ONLY for login shell and for nonroot user.

My question is:
What config file is making difference between this cases? I checked
/etc/profile and it doesn't mention anything of the
'do it for login but not for the other shells' type of stuff.

Matir · 09-11-2005, 07:39 PM

/etc/profile is only executed on login shells, I believe. How are you becoming root? 'su'?

frankie_DJ · 09-11-2005, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matir
/etc/profile is only executed on login shells, I believe.

I see. But, if my /etc/profile sets up LS_COLORS and LS_OPTIONS as environmental variables, shouldn't they be available to nonlogin shells?
Here is the only instance where my /etc/profile mentions colors.

# Set up the LS_COLORS and LS_OPTIONS environment variables for color ls:
if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then
eval `dircolors -z`
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then
eval `dircolors -s`
else
eval `dircolors -b`
fi

Matir · 09-11-2005, 09:11 PM

They would be available, but I think you need a ls --color alias for them to be used.

bigrigdriver · 09-11-2005, 10:04 PM

Have a look at /etc/DIR_COLORS.

foo_bar_foo · 09-11-2005, 11:49 PM

of course read /etc/bashrc if there is one