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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:54:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt>
cc: Dr Freebsd <hometeam@techpower.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Color ls package
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Jose Monteiro wrote:

> No dia Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:04:59 -0400 (EDT), escreveu o seguinte:
> 
> >
> >try colorls -G
> >
> >this will tell if it is working
> 
> It works in the console, but not through telnet or ssh...
> Is it supposed not to work in this conditions?

You have to write a termcap profile that indicates that the remote
supports color.  What terminal are you using?

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