-# these stanzas are assumed to be present in every one of the other cron
-# example files. unfortunately there is no way to include cron files in other
-# cron files, so the functional parts here should just be pasted directly into
-# the user's crontab.
+# every one of the crontab examples in feisty meow depends on the the stanzas
+# below. (unfortunately there is no way to include cron files in other cron
+# files, so the functional parts here should just be pasted directly into the
+# user's crontab at the top.)
+
+# set a user name for writing unique log files. this is important because
+# cron doesn't have the normal variable 'USER' defined. cron does define
+# HOME, which is pretty lucky for us...
+# please change the name to the user running the cronjob, or to whatever
+# unique string you'd like to use:
+CRONUSER=FILL-CRONUSER-HERE