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Is it possible to customise the prompt to show the if there are any background jobs?

Is it possible to customise the bash prompt to show the if there are any background jobs? I find it easy to forget that there are background jobs. Say if the prompt was... $ Is there a way to ...
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any way to un-disown / re-attach an interactive process to the tty? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I disown a running process and associate it to a new screen shell? In bash is there an opposite of disown, that is, to re-attach a process I've accidentally ...
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Where do background jobs go?

From gnome-terminal I know the ability to suspend a job with C-z, and then send it to the background. When I close the terminal the process does not end. Where is the job being managed from, or is it ...