Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?T8SfdXo=?= Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Should $(fg) resume a stopped job? Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:03:56 +0300 Lines: 17 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1596175481 19854 209.51.188.17 (31 Jul 2020 06:04:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: bug-bash Envelope-to: bug-bash@gnu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=L9TP/8H0Ou+HT+gUa3iJ/XE4qrVFMMnD8Az0a1y96tg=; b=eqmmS/EGBneUJASNKM85sd60hTxPj6Lv2vnhSQWtpMgrnU0JXF/zhh847t5ismCaIA Ih4F3ishZ67mPfGd7LbroeDNUUlBM419LJsjW4AN7bCD73VqX/+/PZiTTAsLi6IZ8TW2 Ir4X622Q6exeZugj0rgEolOObAJuYCPSN1If71uG1YnmW9SQ+i6TSmmUrTB6b0Xavr7H zp9Zb1wNwHoeMq/EfH9Wi8uhXK5OMOuLBStoQDUETEaU8HCDXoQ9YTQH3zlciT2x8/yh 5BkljPZscXIxkKwVCLeLjz3b9OwomseW74Wrpn3/x9vdjVqId5KsH2k3bo56RUoaXxyR ttiQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=L9TP/8H0Ou+HT+gUa3iJ/XE4qrVFMMnD8Az0a1y96tg=; b=SUVhUlxENSZcQJC4gtrisAuRwBhL8JVSlAi4s3kUzdtx+naMdDU5j4qeo7yZbjmKet XPowBvsVj/aFIFndiYyZScqzWk/cFFaC/3MO45Lv9j3gWTKBJxBJSuAzQipPMwnkHC+/ 39CBetwhmW9Me+05BbhbF+N7fweni2FGpax3Yq8Ifvo+GdsULCwy9uLdhOOY/daaj3cj 9U+LqwU9ONgNO5BUd4bqkDpAVoRPZssZCZNThzjFI9MprJ+XtsuvDDBGWBX5SYzo8VTG KCDNighmO/fzokYGJlf7Mmw/M+T0mJtQ3xKtLaG2lYakE64UCaM5sZWkRdNqZ7OIRLJl u6Gg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531wR768i46KZyHE7QH7/WYqh3n4HlgAAjL1riIyJhmYdlR/Kb1s 2l6QUKgzfnHO/1SsWvjSyt8zsF4daqd8ZDwTs4SoR023bZA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJygJM1oET0UR7geFv3OUUTxwnym4IQfV6Ey6lVHxvahNajKqTJt8dmhAeKusLpyt/3hnsnVUONzEGLMgRdM80s= X-Received: by 2002:ae9:ea13:: with SMTP id f19mr2504257qkg.331.1596175473518; Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:04:33 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::733; envelope-from=oguzismailuysal@gmail.com; helo=mail-qk1-x733.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:16652 $ sleep 25 ^Z [1]+ Stopped sleep 25 $ $ echo $(fg; jobs %) bash: jobs: %: no such job sleep 25 $ $ jobs [1]+ Running sleep 25 & What I gather from this is that bash fakes interactive job control in command substitution context, because otherwise `fg' wouldn't return immediately. But I don't see any point in that `fg' resumes the stopped job when it's faked. Is this a bug or a deliberate choice? O=C4=9Fuz