code: def cmd_async(
              self,
              tgt,
              fun,
              arg=(),
              tgt_type='glob',
              ret='',
              jid='',
              kwarg=None,
              **kwargs):
          '''
          Asynchronously send a command to connected minions
  
          The function signature is the same as :py:meth:`cmd` with the
          following exceptions.
  
          :returns: A job ID or 0 on failure.
  
          .. code-block:: python
  
              >>> local.cmd_async('*', 'test.sleep', [300])
              '20131219215921857715'
          '''
          pub_data = self.run_job(tgt,
                                  fun,
                                  arg,
                                  tgt_type,
                                  ret,
                                  jid=jid,
                                  kwarg=kwarg,
                                  listen=False,
                                  **kwargs)
          try:
              return pub_data['jid']
          except KeyError:
              return f cmd_async(
              self,
              tgt,
              fun,
              arg=(),
              tgt_type='glob',
              ret='',
              jid='',
              kwarg=None,
              **kwargs):
          '''
          Asynchronously send a command to connected minions
  
          The function signature is the same as :py:meth:`cmd` with the
          following exceptions.
  
          :returns: A job ID or 0 on failure.
  
          .. code-block:: python
  
              >>> local.cmd_async('*', 'test.sleep', [300])
              '20131219215921857715'
          '''
          pub_data = self.run_job(tgt,
                                  fun,
                                  arg,
                                  tgt_type,
                                  ret,
                                  jid=jid,
                                  kwarg=kwarg,
                                  listen=False,
                                  **kwargs)
          try:
              return pub_data['jid']
          except KeyError:
              return 0
docs: Asynchronously send a command to connected minions
  
          The function signature is the same as :py:meth:`cmd` with the
          following exceptions.
  
          :returns: A job ID or 0 on failure.
  
          .. code-block:: python
  
              >>> local.cmd_async('*', 'test.sleep', [300])
              '20131219215921857715'