Where are the anacron job configurations typically located?

• A. /etc/anacrontab
• B. /var/spool/anacron
• C. /etc/cron.d/anacron
• D. /etc/cron.daily

Answer: (A)

Anacron's configuration is kept in /etc/anacrontab. This file defines each job’s period, delay, and the command to run, letting Anacron know what to execute and when, even if the system isn’t continuously on.

The other paths are not for configuring Anacron:

• /var/spool/anacron holds run-time state and history, not the definitions of the jobs.

• /etc/cron.d/anacron may exist as a wrapper to trigger Anacron, but the actual job definitions aren’t stored there.

• /etc/cron.daily is a directory where cron runs daily-timed tasks, not where Anacron stores its job configurations.