How do I get dircolors to work?

[TiVoByte]

I really like the directory colors on my S1 tivo, not there on S2. I downloaded dircolors from sourceforge, but I don't know how to make it work??

[mrblack51]

you have to compile stuff for mips or ppc in order to use it on s2 or s1 tivos. the easiest way to get colors is to do something like htis:

alias ls="ls --color"

adding it to your .profile in your home directory will cuase it to be applied on every bootup.

[Hi8]

you have to compile stuff for mips or ppc in order to use it on s2 or s1 tivos. the easiest way to get colors is to do something like htis:

alias ls="ls --color"

adding it to your .profile in your home directory will cuase it to be applied on every bootup.


what and or where exactly is the "home" directory on a S1 ?? it is not off the root as in a "normal" linux structure.

bash-2.02# ls
bin etccombo kernel proc tvbin
dev hack lib prom tvlib
dist initrd lost+found sbin var
etc install mnt tmp
bash-2.02# pwd
/
bash-2.02#

[Tux Man]

Hmm

echo $HOME

Tux Man

[TiVoByte]

That's the ticket. Having the colors helps me to know when I forget to chmod. Still getting to know Linux.

[Sleeper]

And all that time I was using crayons!