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[Herbert Schulz]

> On Nov 13, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> What is the line ``\gdef \@abspage at last{nnn}'' (nnn is the number of pages in the document) automatically added to the .aux file even for the simplest documents (e.g. Hello World!)?
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 

Howdy,

That should be Why... not What... of course.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)