Re: DEBUG trap is a job?

[Chet Ramey]

Paul Jarc wrote:

> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/package/misc/spf/bash-3.0-1/share/locale' 
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I. 
> -I/package/misc/spf/bash-3.0-1/spf/readline/include -I. -I./include -I./lib  
> -I/nil -I/package/misc/spf/bash-3.0-1/spf/readline/include 
> -I/package/misc/spf/bash-3.0-1/spf/ncurses/include -O2 -pipe
> uname output: Linux multivac.cwru.edu 2.6.7 #1 SMP Thu Jul 22 12:52:08 EDT 2004 
> i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> A DEBUG trap that runs an external command (e.g., trap '/bin/echo foo'
> DEBUG) shows up as "Done" in the output of "jobs".  Intentional?

It's a job like any other, executed in the current shell context.

> Also, while checking the man page, I noticed that it mentions extglob
> in the description of trap; is that supposed to be extdebug?

Yes, thanks.

Chet
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