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Subject:  Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: coreutils-6.10-1
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:17:54 +0000 (UTC)
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Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:

> The cost of stat'ing a known symlink (which may involve spinning up a disk or 
> doing a network access) just to color its target was deemed too expensive for 
> the default.  Coreutils 6.11 is due out this week, with no change in 
behavior, 
> but perhaps for 6.12, upstream can add a option to dircolors/ls that requests 
> coloring symlink targets in spite of the increased cost of the stat.
> 

Also, you can use ls -F to force the stat, and hence the coloring.

-- 
Eric Blake



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