On 19 June 2010 16:33, Helge Hafting <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Daniele Ricci > Sent: Fri 6/4/2010 7:55 PM > To: SHR-user > Subject: [Shr-User] Problems using colored ls command > >>Hello, >>I recently discovered a problem when using the --color switch to ls as an >> alias. >>The script /etc/X11/Xsession uses the bare 'ls' command to enumerate >>session scripts, and that doesn't work because of color escape >>sequences, I suppose. >>I've temporarly fixed in my FR changing the command to '/bin/ls' . > > Add your aliases to one of the config files that is only read by > interactive login shells. That way, the noninteractive startup > scripts won't get the alias and you won't have problems. ('man bash' > to find the right file.)
It's not easy to find a place for the alises because /etc/X11/Xsession sources both /etc/profile and, if it exists, $HOME/.profile. I wonder if this two are really needed. _______________________________________________ Shr-User mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user
