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$! - PID of disowned jobs

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From: Atom Smasher <atom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: $! - PID of disowned jobs
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:47:04 +1300 (NZDT)
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the docs say this about "$!":
	! <S> The process ID of the last command started in the background
	with &, or put into the background with the bg builtin.

is it a bug or undocumented feature that it also works with jobs that aredisowned with "&|" or "&!"?


thanks...


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