1 Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals
2 specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running
3 continuously. It can therefore be used to control the execution of daily,
4 weekly and monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems that
5 do not run 24 hours a day. When installed and configured properly, Anacron
6 will make sure that the commands are run at the specified intervals as closely
7 as machine-uptime permits.