From 338503569bcabcb248217b36e4490e2ac09f664a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reuben Thomas <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:25:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add example .bashrc code for a ~/.dircolors file.

* coreutils.texi: Add tip for .bashrc use from Jim Meyering.
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 doc/coreutils.texi |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 44df6b3..81e3b91 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -6994,6 +6994,15 @@ colors to use for which file types and extensions.  Otherwise, a
 precompiled database is used.  For details on the format of these files,
 run @samp{dircolors --print-database}.
 
+To make @command{dircolors} read a @file{~/.dircolors} file if it
+exists, you can put the following lines in your @file{~/.bashrc} (or
+adapt them to your favorite shell):
+
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+d=.dircolors
+test -r $d && eval "$(dircolors $d)"
address@hidden example
+
 @vindex LS_COLORS
 @vindex SHELL @r{environment variable, and color}
 The output is a shell command to set the @env{LS_COLORS} environment
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