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From: "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk>
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Hi,

On Saturday, February 08, 2020 19:30:31 +0000 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> Thanks for looking into this.
> 
> Is at(1) something people actually use these days, or should it be
> disabled by default ?

I do.  I use it to run various homebrew scripts in response to external
events.  I needed a delay (sometime minutes, sometimes hours) between
the event and the response and at(1) was a perfect fit.


Cheers,
       Nick.
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