Guy> I will add that `--color' is equivalent to `--color=yes', which is
Guy> probably not what you want. If you make any aliases, use
Guy> `--color=tty'. You don't want nasty escape codes if it's not a tty.
Those are the old style options implemented by color-ls (which is a patched
version based on fileutils-3.12). The new form is, according to ls --help
[...]
--color[=WHEN] control whether color is used to distinguish file
types. WHEN may be `never', `always', or `auto'
[...]
By default, color is not used to distinguish types of files. That is
equivalent to using --color=none. Using the --color option without the
optional WHEN argument is equivalent to using --color=always. With
--color=auto, color codes are output only if standard output is connected
to a terminal (tty).
By the way, the man page distributed with fileutils-3.13-2 still documents
the old form (ie --color={yes,tty})
Guy> Try `ls --color | less' to see what I mean.
That would now be 'ls --color=always | less' and is why --color=auto is a
better choice.
Guy> And fileutils does have a bug with regards to color-ls. It should
Guy> conflict and replace with it so that it will be removed automatically.
Guy> I'll file a report.
Yes, please add that it has Pre-Depends: and not Depends:, and that the
manpage needs an update.
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Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
