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------------------ Anacron ---------------------

Files: /etc/anacrontab 
Directories:  /etc/cron.(daily,weekly,monthly)


---------- the configuration file -------------
[bin]$ more /etc/anacrontab
# /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron
 
# See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details.
 
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 
1       65      cron.daily              run-parts /etc/cron.daily
7       70      cron.weekly             run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
30      75      cron.monthly            run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
 

------------- anacron directories ----------------

[bin]$ ls /etc/cron.daily
00-logwatch  0anacron   makewhatis.cron  rpm           tetex.cron  yum.cron
00webalizer  logrotate  prelink          slocate.cron  tmpwatch


The config file run jobs that are located in the cron directories



See also SparcLinux notes on cron. Newer version of the Sparc linux variant
include anacron.  Intel_linux_notes/anacron