Re: why files do not follow LS_COLORS?

["Benjamin R. Haskell" <zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Leonardo Barbosa wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using zsh and i trying to set "ls" colors like this. Files are 
> colored, but they do not follow the colors i set.  Curiously enough, 
> during file completion they do.  Any idea?
>
> I am using OS X Lion

LS_COLORS works during file completion only because Zsh uses that 
variable.  The external utility `ls` generally has LS_COLORS only on GNU 
systems, which doesn't include OSX.

osx-server$ man ls | grep -c LS_COLORS
0
linux-box$ man ls | grep -c LS_COLORS
1

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Best,
Ben