Re: jobs built-in command and PROMPT_COMMAND

[Greg Wooledge]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 09:30:04AM -0500, Jesse Hathaway wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> > I think you're looking for this:
> >
> >   checkjobs
> >       If set, bash lists the status of any stopped and running
> >       jobs  before  exiting an interactive shell.  If any jobs
> >       are running, this causes the exit to be deferred until a
> >       second  exit is attempted without an intervening command
> >       (see JOB CONTROL above).  The shell always postpones ex‐
> >       iting if any jobs are stopped.
> 
> This doesn't seem to work for me, what am I doing wrong?
> 
>   $ INPUTRC=/dev/null bash --norc
>   bash-5.1$ shopt -s checkjobs
>   bash-5.1$ sleep 30 &
>   [1] 461671
>   bash-5.1$ jobs
>   [1]+  Running                 sleep 30 &
>   bash-5.1$ exit
>   exit

I don't know.  It works here.

unicorn:~$ shopt -s checkjobs
unicorn:~$ sleep 33 &
[1] 537164
unicorn:~$ exit
exit
There are running jobs.
[1]+  Running                 sleep 33 &
unicorn:~$