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From: guy@gorodish.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What is a QUEDEFS file (cron)?
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Date: Sat, 7-Feb-87 17:18:05 EST
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>Sorry, but you should get a source license and read the code.

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG

Yeah, I've read the source too - I had to, in order to 1) figure out
how the QUEDEFS files worked and 2) fix those damn null-pointer
dereferencing bugs - but it is unacceptable to require somebody to
read the source in order to figure out how an advertised feature
works.

This stuff was, if I remember correctly, documented in some
transition guide document.  As such, I presume the intent was to
advertise this feature.  Now neither the original poster nor I can
seem to find it documented anywhere.

If it *is* documented somewhere, it's in a rather obscure place, and
should probably be moved.  If it is *not* documented, then the answer
"get a source license" is totally unacceptable; one should not have
to potentially spend somewhere in the $40-$50K range, and grovel
through the source of "cron", just in order to use "cron" and "at".
The *only* valid fix is to document this stuff or remove it!