* Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010325 19:09]: > > > export > > > LS_COLORS='fi=0:ex=31:di=01;34:ln=36:pi=34:cd=45:bd=46:so=35:or=43:*.rpm=01;31:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35' > > > > > > Where is that variable assigned ?? I've checked my .bashrc, .profile, > > and the "global" versions and don't see it. > > hall, i don't know. it could be 'built in' to bash perhaps?
A *quick* check of "man bash" didn't indicate anything like that. > > My problem is that dirs are > > "blue" and very difficult (actually, almost impossible for me -- being > > color-blind doesn't help, no doubt) for me to read. > > using LS_COLORS, you can make the directories whatever color you like. > took me an hour or so to figure out how to produce something i liked. not a > bad time investment for something you use a lot! :-) Yes, I guess I could copy the global setting to my local file and modify to suit myself. Regards Hall