.\"
.\" Modified Sat Dec 22 22:25:33 2001 by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
.\"
-.TH DIR_COLORS 5 2001-12-26 "GNU" "Linux User Manual"
+.TH DIR_COLORS 5 2013-08-09 "GNU" "Linux User Manual"
.SH NAME
dir_colors \- configuration file for dircolors(1)
.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP
.B NORMAL \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for normal (nonfilename) text.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR NORM .
.TP
.B FILE \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a regular file.
.TP
.B LINK \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a symbolic link.
+
+Synonyms:
+.BR LNK ,
+.BR SYMLINK .
.TP
.B ORPHAN \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for an orphaned symbolic link (one which
.TP
.B FIFO \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a FIFO (named pipe).
+
+Synonym:
+.BR PIPE .
.TP
.B SOCK \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a socket.
.TP
.B BLK \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a block device special file.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR BLOCK .
.TP
.B CHR \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a character device special file.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR CHAR .
.TP
.B EXEC \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for a file with the executable attribute set.
.TP
+.B SUID \fIcolor-sequence\fR
+Specifies the color used for a file with the set-user-ID attribute set.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR SETUID .
+.TP
+.B SGID \fIcolor-sequence\fR
+Specifies the color used for a file with the set-group-ID attribute set.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR SETGID .
+.TP
+.B STICKY \fIcolor-sequence\fR
+Specifies the color used for a directory with the sticky attribute set.
+.TP
+.B STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE \fIcolor-sequence\fR
+Specifies the color used for a other-writable directory with the executable attribute set.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR OWT .
+.TP
+.B OTHER_WRITABLE \fIcolor-sequence\fR
+Specifies the color used for a other-writable directory without the executable attribute set.
+
+Synonym:
+.BR OWR .
+.TP
.B LEFTCODE \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the
.I "left code"
for non-ISO\ 6429 terminals (see below).
+
+Synonym:
+.BR LEFT .
.TP
.B RIGHTCODE \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the
.I "right code"
for non-ISO\ 6429 terminals (see below).
+
+Synonym:
+.BR RIGHT .
.TP
.B ENDCODE \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the
.I "end code"
for non-ISO\ 6429 terminals (see below).
+
+Synonym:
+.BR END .
.TP
\fB*\fIextension\fR \fIcolor-sequence\fR
Specifies the color used for any file that ends in \fIextension\fR.
.TE
.RE
.sp
-Please note that escapes are necessary to enter a space, backslash,
+Note that escapes are necessary to enter a space, backslash,
caret, or any control character anywhere in the string, as well as a
hash mark as the first character.
.SH FILES
.BR ls (1),
.BR stty (1),
.BR xterm (1)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.