Re: possible bash bug bringing job. to foreground

[alex xmb sw ratchev]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 20:54 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 07:41:43PM +0000, John Larew wrote:
> > After further examination, the examples with "fg $$" and "fg $!" clearly
> do not bring the subshell into the foreground, as they are evaluated prior
> to the subshells background execution.
> > I'm trying to bring the subshell to the foreground to perform an exit,
> after a delay.
> > Ultimately, it will be used as part of a terminal emulator inactivity
> timeout.
>
> Bash already has a TMOUT variable which will cause an interactive shell
> to exit after a specified length of inactivity.  Is that sufficient?
> If not, how does your desired solution need to differ from TMOUT?
>

i never heard of TMOUT before , too

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