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---
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title: Module hilbish.jobs
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description: background job management
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layout: doc
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menu:
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docs:
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parent: "API"
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---
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## Introduction
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Manage interactive jobs in Hilbish via Lua.
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Jobs are the name of background tasks/commands. A job can be started via
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interactive usage or with the functions defined below for use in external runners.
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## 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.|
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|<a href="#jobs.all">all() -> table<@Job></a>|Returns a table of all job objects.|
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|<a href="#jobs.disown">disown(id)</a>|Disowns a job. This deletes it from the job table.|
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|<a href="#jobs.get">get(id) -> @Job</a>|Get a job object via its ID.|
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|<a href="#jobs.last">last() -> @Job</a>|Returns the last added job from the table.|
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<hr><div id='jobs.add'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.jobs.add(cmdstr, args, execPath)
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<a href="#jobs.add" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Adds a new job to the job table. Note that this does not immediately run it.
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#### Parameters
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This function has no parameters.
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</div>
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<hr><div id='jobs.all'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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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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<a href="#jobs.all" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Returns a table of all job objects.
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#### Parameters
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This function has no parameters.
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</div>
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<hr><div id='jobs.disown'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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hilbish.jobs.disown(id)
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<a href="#jobs.disown" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Disowns a job. This deletes it from the job table.
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#### Parameters
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This function has no parameters.
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</div>
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<hr><div id='jobs.get'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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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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<a href="#jobs.get" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Get a job object via its ID.
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#### Parameters
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This function has no parameters.
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</div>
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<hr><div id='jobs.last'>
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<h4 class='heading'>
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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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<a href="#jobs.last" class='heading-link'>
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<i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i>
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</a>
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</h4>
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Returns the last added job from the table.
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#### Parameters
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This function has no parameters.
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</div>
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## Types
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<hr>
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## Job
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The Job type describes a Hilbish job.
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## Object properties
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|cmd|The user entered command string for the job.|
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|running|Whether the job is running or not.|
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|id|The ID of the job in the job table|
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|pid|The Process ID|
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|exitCode|The last exit code of the job.|
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|stdout|The standard output of the job. This just means the normal logs of the process.|
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|stderr|The standard error stream of the process. This (usually) includes error messages of the job.|
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### Methods
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#### background()
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Puts a job in the background. This acts the same as initially running a job.
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#### foreground()
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Puts a job in the foreground. This will cause it to run like it was
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executed normally and wait for it to complete.
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#### start()
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Starts running the job.
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#### stop()
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Stops the job from running.
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