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Old 05-25-2007, 04:31 AM   #1
CD_TOASTER
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ran 4 background jobs some have +/- what does that mean?


ok ill say exactly what i typed in the console:
sleep 6000 &
returned [1] 2733
sleep 6000 &
returned [2] 2734
sleep 6000 &
returned [3] 2735
sleep 6000 &
returned [4] 2736

then i type in jobs and it returned
[1] Running sleep 6000 &
[2] Running sleep 6000 &
[3]- Running sleep 6000 &
[4]+ Running sleep 6000 &

my questions is why does [3] have a - and [4] a +
edit: this is in fedora core 6

Last edited by CD_TOASTER; 05-25-2007 at 04:39 AM.
 
Old 05-25-2007, 04:39 AM   #2
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Previous and current job - see "man bash".
Plenty to read up on there.
 
  


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