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soralx@cydem.org wrote:
 > > Jamie <jamie@geniegate.com> writes:
 > > > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> writes:
 > > > > How about disabling atrun?
 > > > I use at/batch *constantly* (especially batch)
 > > 
 > > Wow.  I don't know of anybody else who does...  I always thought of it
 > > as a relic.
 > 
 > I use at often. On one of workstations, job numbers are in 800's already.

I use at sometimes as a simple reminder service, like this:

$  at 16:00 monday <<<'echo Remember to buy flowers'

("<<<" is zsh + bash syntax for feeding stuff to stdin;
our /bin/sh doesn't recognize it, unfortunately.)

Best regards
   Oliver

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