A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

[Pete Clapham]

Chris G wrote:
> I've hunted around on Google and have looked in /etc but I can't
> really find the answer to this.
>
> Does a standard Ubuntu 8.10 installation run anacron by default and,
> if so, what exactly does it run?
>
> E.g. does it run anything from user crontabs or does it only run stuff
> in cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc.?
>
>   

OK, my installation includes anacron, and the "services" button 
indicates that it is running.  However, when I put a command into the 
cron.daily directory it didn't run.  What else do I have to do in order 
to get it to run?