Re: jobs built-in command and PROMPT_COMMAND

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/1/21 10:30 AM, 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?

Running `jobs' immediately before exiting cancels the check. You know there
are jobs running: you just saw them. If that was important, you presumably
would not have tried to exit.

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