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Re: jobs command and pipes

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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>, Stefan Monnier <monnier+lists/zsh/users/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: jobs command and pipes
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:14:42 -0600
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199810301701.RAA31371@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from "Zefram" on Fri Oct 30 17:01:18 GMT 1998
References: <5lemrqrpqp.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <199810301701.RAA31371@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In the last episode (Oct 30), Zefram said:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >Now the question is:  why "on the left hand side" rather the other ?
> >Zsh isn't particularly lean and mean, os mayb eit makes sense to
> >offer the choice so that "jobs | something" can work (and so that we
> >can choose which process' exit status will be used for the whole
> >pipe's exit status ?
> 
> We almost have that already.  "jobs >>(tr a-z A-Z)" works, except
> that it doesn't wait for the tr to terminate.  Perhaps that should be
> changed.

If they're treated like background jobs, should "wait" wait for them to
finish?  Should "jobs" display them?  I vote for treating them like
pipes.

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxx

References:
- Re: jobs command and pipes
  - From: Stefan Monnier
- Re: jobs command and pipes
  - From: Zefram

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