Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 10:41:52 -0500 From: Brian Clapper <bmc@telebase.com> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux `ls' port Message-ID: <199601091541.KAA20166@telebase.com.> In-Reply-To: <6183026@toto.iv>
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>>>>> "Satoshi" == Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> writes: Satoshi> Hi, as the author of the FreeBSD colorls, I just felt I should Satoshi> come out to defend it a little. ;) There's no need to defend anything. There's nothing whatsoever wrong with FreeBSD colorls; I ported the Linux version merely because, of the two good colorized `ls' programs, I prefer the Linux one. ;-) Satoshi> The few times I logged into linux machines, I've always been Satoshi> wondering what good that does (the red compressed files and Satoshi> stuff...isn't it already in there in the filename?).... The same could be said for directories: `ls -F' puts a trailing `/' on directories; why, then, is color necessary at all? The answer, of course, is that the eye can more quickly identify color differences; I can find blue directories a lot faster than I can parse those files that happen to end with `/'. Likewise, it's useful--for me, at least--to be able to quickly locate certain kinds of files with pre-defined extensions (e.g., compressed and gzip'd files); color is an aid in doing that. Me> * - permits you to limit colorization to tty devices only; Satoshi> This is great. What's the part that's doing this? Maybe we can Satoshi> add that to our colorls too. I believe a simple `isatty' call is all that's being used--that, and a check for the `colorize only if tty' option setting. Me> * - and permits separate colorization of "orphan" symbolic links. Satoshi> Well, "colorls -lLG" works for me.... Again, it's all a matter of preference. :-) As I said, I wasn't trashing your colorls, merely expressing (and porting) a preference. I thought perhaps others might share that preference, so I figured I'd make it available. Plus, it was a good, simple first port, allowing me to become familiar with the way the ports infrastructure works. ---- Brian Clapper, bmc@telebase.com, http://www.netaxs.com/~bmc/
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