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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ksh - issue with (non-existing) jobs
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:01:28 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:15:55 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

> On 26.01.2025 22:58, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> The “wait” command doesn’t require you to specify which job to wait
>> for.
> 
> Yes, so what? - Mind that there's no process/job running any more.

Given it is capable of waiting in general for any job to terminate, it 
might take a different path through the code that is not afflicted by the 
same state confusion.