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1.1     ! root        1: This is an experimental netnews configurator.  It's really a crazy
        !             2: awk script that reads in options and generates commands to edit template
        !             3: defs.h and Makefile.  System defaults are in the *.dflt files; user data
        !             4: is in a similar form, and is supplied as a list of files on the 'config'
        !             5: command.
        !             6: 
        !             7: Options may be given as:
        !             8: 
        !             9:        +option                 Turn on option
        !            10:        -option                 Turn of option
        !            11:        option=value            Turn on option and supply a value
        !            12: 
        !            13: In the default files, '@@' is used as the pattern for which a value is
        !            14: substituted.  The string '-option=value' is legal, and can be used to
        !            15: supply a default value for an option that is normally turned off.
        !            16: 
        !            17: The special option 'version' is used to indicate the underlying system;
        !            18: it should by 'v7', 'usg', or 'ihcc'.  'Makefile', 'postnews', and 'install'
        !            19: may be respecified individually in a similar fashion.
        !            20: 
        !            21: Case *is* significant in options, which is rather unfortunate.
        !            22: 
        !            23: A sample configuration file is given in MHB5B.

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