> Yeah, why would you want to generate the motd -- the message of the DAY file -- dynamically, through a daily cron job? Ludicrous! That file is supposed to be

> Yeah, why would you want to generate the motd -- the message of the DAY file -- dynamically, through a daily cron job? Ludicrous! That file is supposed to be static! Running a set of shell scripts on every login is not the same as generating a file through a cron job. The author is complaining about the former, while you're stating he complains about the latter. It's would be proper to take care not to misrepresent matters while accusing others of doing it.