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title: Module hilbish.jobs
description: background job management
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## Introduction

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.

## Functions
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|<a href="#jobs.add">add(cmdstr, args, execPath)</a>|Adds a new job to the job table. Note that this does not immediately run it.|
|<a href="#jobs.all">all() -> table<@Job></a>|Returns a table of all job objects.|
|<a href="#jobs.disown">disown(id)</a>|Disowns a job. This deletes it from the job table.|
|<a href="#jobs.get">get(id) -> @Job</a>|Get a job object via its ID.|
|<a href="#jobs.last">last() -> @Job</a>|Returns the last added job from the table.|

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hilbish.jobs.add(cmdstr, args, execPath)
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Adds a new job to the job table. Note that this does not immediately run it.  
#### Parameters
This function has no parameters.  
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hilbish.jobs.all() -> table\<<a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.jobs/#job" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Job</a>>
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Returns a table of all job objects.  
#### Parameters
This function has no parameters.  
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hilbish.jobs.disown(id)
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Disowns a job. This deletes it from the job table.  
#### Parameters
This function has no parameters.  
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hilbish.jobs.get(id) -> <a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.jobs/#job" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Job</a>
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Get a job object via its ID.  
#### Parameters
This function has no parameters.  
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hilbish.jobs.last() -> <a href="/Hilbish/docs/api/hilbish/hilbish.jobs/#job" style="text-decoration: none;" id="lol">Job</a>
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Returns the last added job from the table.  
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## Types
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## Job
The Job type describes a Hilbish job.
## Object properties
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|cmd|The user entered command string for the job.|
|running|Whether the job is running or not.|
|id|The ID of the job in the job table|
|pid|The Process ID|
|exitCode|The last exit code of the job.|
|stdout|The standard output of the job. This just means the normal logs of the process.|
|stderr|The standard error stream of the process. This (usually) includes error messages of the job.|


### Methods
#### background()
Puts a job in the background. This acts the same as initially running a job.

#### foreground()
Puts a job in the foreground. This will cause it to run like it was
executed normally and wait for it to complete.

#### start()
Starts running the job.

#### stop()
Stops the job from running.