job Struct Reference

A struct represeting a job. More...

#include <proc.h>

Collaboration diagram for job:

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Data Fields
wchar_t *	command
	The original command which led to the creation of this job.
process_t *	first_process
	A linked list of all the processes in this job.
pid_t	pgid
	process group ID for the process group that this job is running in.
termios	tmodes
	The saved terminal modes of this job.
int	job_id
	The job id of the job.
io_data_t *	io
	List of all IO redirections for this job.
job *	next
	A pointer to the next job in the job queue.
int	flags
	Bitset containing information about the job.

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Detailed Description

A struct represeting a job.

A job is basically a pipeline of one or more processes and a couple of flags.

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Field Documentation

wchar_t* job::command

The original command which led to the creation of this job. It is used for displaying messages about job status on the terminal.

int job::flags

Bitset containing information about the job. A combination of the JOB_* constants.

int job::job_id

The job id of the job. This is a small integer that is a unique identifier of the job within this shell, and is used e.g. in process expansion.

struct termios job::tmodes

The saved terminal modes of this job. This needs to be saved so that we can restore the terminal to the same state after temporarily taking control over the terminal when a job stops.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• proc.h

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