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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: When/why does the shell (bash) (sometimes) not re-cycle job IDs?
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 20:46:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 12 May 2024 09:47:16 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> On 2024-05-12, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> Job numbers are reused after it has notified you of termination of the
>> previous job. At least in Bash.
> 
> Demonstrably false:

Works for me:

    ldo@theon:~> sleep 10 &
    [1] 1094669
    ldo@theon:~> sleep 1 &
    [2] 1094670
    ldo@theon:~>
    [2]+  Done                    sleep 1
    ldo@theon:~> sleep 1 &
    [2] 1094671