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Re: 1.7.9/WinXP: dircolors error
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:42:26 -0500
- Subject: Re: 1.7.9/WinXP: dircolors error
- References: <4EEF5E65.32215.527CF066@jseidel.edpci.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 07:55:17AM -0800, Jon Seidel CMC wrote:
>Running the following:
> dircolors -b > .dircolors
> dircolors -b .dircolors
>results in the error:
> .dircolors:1: invalid line; missing second token
>
>This works just fine on a Win7 installation of the same 1.7.9
>version. Couldn't find anything more recent than a 2006 reference to
>this error in the list archives
>
>I did find that modifying and using the Mandrake /etc/DIR_COLORS file
>as follows:
> cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.DIR_COLORS
> dircolors -b ~/.DIR_COLORS
>works just fine
>
>Thanks...jon--
>Jon Seidel CMC
>Effective Decisions... Priceless!
Three separate messages on this subject is two more than adequate,
especially when you already received a response.
Please stop the spamming.
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