Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:06:22 +0100 From: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) To: durang@u.washington.edu (K. Marsh) Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies), nik@blueberry.co.uk, Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: colorls needs color-xterm? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970326110622.kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.3.95b.970326013528.34450E-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>; from K. Marsh on Mar 26, 1997 01:36:38 -0800 References: <Pine.A41.3.95b.970326013528.34450E-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu> <199703260939.KAA13257@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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K. Marsh writes: > > > 01:05:51 root #setenv TERM xterm-color > > > setenv: not found > > > 01:05:51 root #set TERM xterm-color > > > > What shell are you using ? The above error indicates that you are > > using a bourne flavor shell and thus the set TERM xterm-color > > won't set your TERM variable. > > > > The TERM variable setting is irrelevant for colorls to work (it could > > be TERM=dumb as well). > > > I'm using /bin/sh. I guess you're telling me it doesn't matter, right? Yes. And I'm telling you that a 'setenv: not found' should immediately ring all bells flagging you are using the wrong environment commands or the wrong shell (bourne is export TERM=value). And that escaping to set isn't the cure. > > Ken > -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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