To learn more about configuring automated tasks, refer to the following
resources.
cron man page — overview of cron
crontab man pages in sections 1 and 5
— The man page in section 1 contains an overview of the
crontab file. The man page in section 5
contains the format for the file and some example entries.
anacron man page — description of
anacron and its command line options.
anacrontab man page — brief overview
of the anacron configuration file.
Anacron README file — the Anacron README file located at
/usr/share/doc/anacron-<version>/README
describes Anacron.