SHELL=/bin/bash PATH={your $PATH} HOME={your home dir} LOGNAME={your username} # period delay job-id command 1 1 {username}.anacron.daily nice find $HOME/.anacron/daily -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -exec {} ';' 7 2 {username}.anacron.weekly nice find $HOME/.anacron/weekly -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -exec {} ';' @monthly 3 {username}.anacron.monthly nice find $HOME/.anacron/monthly -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -exec {} ';'