GEARMAN_JOB_HANDLE_T(3)

✨ NAME ✨

gearman_job_handle_t — the Gearmand documentation, bestie, and it lives at http://gearman.info/ 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libgearman/gearman.h>

type gearman_job_handle_t

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: a gearman_job_handle_t is literally just a "job handle". That's it. That's the whole thing. 💅

And what IS a job handle, you ask? It's a text string that stands in for the name of a task. And ngl, the truth behind the curtain is that gearman_job_handle_t is actually a typedef'ed char[GEARMAN_JOB_HANDLE_SIZE] — yeah, it's a char array wearing a fancy little name tag. iconic behavior tbh 👑

So who's using these handles? gearman_client_job_status() uses them to go find the status of tasks. And when you pass one into gearman_client_do_background(), it gets populated with the job handle — like the function hands you back the receipt for the background job you just started. 🧾✨

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💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

None. That's it. Nothing. Nada. None. not me getting absolutely zero back 😭

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🏠 HOME 🏠

Wanna know more? Go check it out, bestie: http://gearman.info/ 🫶

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• gearmand(8)
• libgearman(3)
• gearman_job_st

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🌈 Author 🌈

Data Differential — http://www.datadifferential.com/

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⭐ Copyright ⭐

2011-2014, Data Differential, http://www.datadifferential.com/

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💜 this was 1.1.21+ds from Feb 04, 2026, and yes the manual section is GEARMAN_JOB_HANDLE_T(3) in case you needed it for the vibe check 🦋🌸