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From: peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
Date: 12 Jun 1994 19:37:25 -0500
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References: <2sl6o3$pvs@aurora.engr.latech.edu> <me.771084458@tartufo> <2t9jo2$gek@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <2ta8jr$ii9@nkosi.well.com>
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In article <2ta8jr$ii9@nkosi.well.com>,
Patrick J. Volkerding <gonzo@magnet.mednet.net> wrote:
>In article <2t9jo2$gek@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
>Peter da Silva <peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> wrote:
>>In article <me.771084458@tartufo>,
>>Michael Elbel <me%dude.pcs.dec.com@inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com> wrote:
>>>Does it? I'm pretty sure, it doesn't. I distinctively remember that the
>>>/etc/DIRCOLORS file holds the actual escape sequences to use.

>>What if you have more than one terminal?

>Then you can use $HOME/.dir_colors to override the file in /etc.

How does that help? You log in with a different account on each terminal?

(sorry, I don't see how this could help at all. Seriously. The kludge of
renaming $HOME/.dir_colors when you log in isn't going to help with concurrent
logins.)