Functions that start Jobs

[Gregory Margo <gmargo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a Function that starts a process in the background.
The Job created is "%2" instead of "%1".
Why is this?
How can I make it be the first Job?

Here's the function:

function makeb() {
        nice make $* 2>&1 > Make.out &
}

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