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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: (bash) How (really!) does the "current job" get determined?
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 02:23:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-04, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
> On 2024-10-04, Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> What? Scripting should not go anywhere near POSIX job control, which is
>>>> an interactive feature that requires a terminal session.
>>> 
>>> Well, there _is_ set -m.
>>
>> And how will that devaluate what Kaz has said? Please elaborate.
>
> Job control does not require an interactive shell or a terminal
> session.
>
> It can be used in scripting.  That's the facts.

An example of what you mean would help.

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