DIR_COLORS

["Michael B Allen" <mba2000@ioplex.com>]

The dir_colors info page reads:

NAME
       dir_colors - configuration file for dircolors(1)

DESCRIPTION
       The  program ls(1) uses the environment variable LS_COLORS to
determine
       the colors in which the filenames are to be displayed.   This 
environ-
       ment variable is usually set by a command like

              eval `dircolors some_path/dir_colors`

       found  in a system default shell initialization file, like
/etc/profile
       or /etc/csh.cshrc.

But doing so does not set LS_COLORS to the expected string. It sets it to
an emptry string. If I take out the eval the LS_COLORS variable is not set
at all.

Would anyone happen to know why?

Mike