Explain the dependence of colour support on the capabilities of the
terminal emulator. As pointed out by jhb, a more scalable solution would be preferable when multiple applications in the base system begin linking against libh. Submitted by: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
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In addition to those mentioned above in
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.Fl F ,
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some extra attributes (setuid bit set, etc.) are also displayed.
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The colorization is dependent on a terminal type with the proper
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.Xr termcap 5
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capabilities.
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The default
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.Dq cons25
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console has the proper capabilities,
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however if you want to display the colors in an
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.Xr xterm 1
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for example,
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you need to set your
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.Ev TERM
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variable to
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.Dq xterm-color .
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Other terminal types may require similar adjustments.
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.It Fl H
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Symbolic links on the command line are followed. This option is assumed if
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none of the
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@ -478,6 +492,10 @@ a dynamically sized column). Not all
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columns have changeable widths. The fields are,
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in order: inode, block count, number of links, user name,
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group name, flags, file size, file name.
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.It Ev TERM
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The
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.Fl G
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option depends on a terminal type with color capabilities.
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.It Ev TZ
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The timezone to use when displaying dates.
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See
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chflags 1 ,
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.Xr chmod 1 ,
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.Xr xterm 1 ,
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.Xr termcap 5 ,
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.Xr symlink 7 ,
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.Xr sticky 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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