job for experimental
Various commands for working with background jobs.
Signature
> job {flags}
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| nothing | string |
Notes
You must use one of the following subcommands. Using this command as-is will only produce this help message.
Subcommands:
| name | description | type |
|---|---|---|
job describe |
Add a description to a background job. | built-in |
job flush |
Clear this job's mailbox. | built-in |
job id |
Get id of current job. | built-in |
job kill |
Kill a background job. | built-in |
job list |
List background jobs. | built-in |
job recv |
Read a message from a job's mailbox. | built-in |
job send |
Send a message to the mailbox of a job. | built-in |
job spawn |
Spawn a background job and retrieve its ID. | built-in |
job unfreeze |
Unfreeze a frozen process job in foreground. | built-in |
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