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Parameter $! documentation bug

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Parameter $! documentation bug
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 02:17:37 +0200
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The zshparam(1) man page says:

    ! <S>  The process ID of the last command started in the background
           with &, or put into the background with the bg builtin.

but

zira% sleep 10 &
[1] 20475
zira% coproc sleep 10
[2] 20478
zira% echo $!
20478

I assume that coproc commands are also concerned by $!.

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