background job management
Manage interactive jobs in Hilbish via Lua.
Jobs are the name of background tasks/commands. A job can be started via interactive usage or with the functions defined below for use in external runners.
add(cmdstr, args, execPath) | Adds a new job to the job table. Note that this does not immediately run it. |
all() -> table<@Job> | Returns a table of all job objects. |
disown(id) | Disowns a job. This deletes it from the job table. |
get(id) -> @Job | Get a job object via its ID. |
last() -> @Job | Returns the last added job from the table. |
Adds a new job to the job table. Note that this does not immediately run it.
This function has no parameters.
Returns a table of all job objects.
This function has no parameters.
Disowns a job. This deletes it from the job table.
This function has no parameters.
Returns the last added job from the table.
This function has no parameters.
Puts a job in the background. This acts the same as initially running a job.
Puts a job in the foreground. This will cause it to run like it was executed normally and wait for it to complete.
Starts running the job.
Stops the job from running.
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