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nu shell jobd module - slim wrapper to run background jobs and keep a nice output
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| use jobd.nu | |
| # Start background jobs | |
| jobd spawn "background-job1" { bash -c 'while [ true ]; do echo "background running"; sleep 5; done' } | |
| jobd spawn "background-job2" --restart { bash -c 'sleep 5' } | |
| # Start main job we want to wait for | |
| jobd spawn "main-job" { bash -c 'sleep 20' } | |
| # Wait for main job to be done, end all other jobs when this happens | |
| jobd wait "main-job" --end |