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====== Run anacron in user mode ======


You can set up a separate anacron instance to run in user mode:

1. Create a .anacron folder in your home directory and in it two subfolders, etc and spool:

  mkdir -p ~/.anacron/{etc,spool}

2. Create a new file ~/.anacron/etc/anacrontab with contents similar to the following:

<code bash>
# /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron

# See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details.

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# this will run test.sh script once each day
# period  delay  job-identifier  command
1         10     testjob         test.sh > /tmp/test.log 2>&1
</code>
3. Add the following line to your crontab using ''crontab -e'':

  @hourly /usr/sbin/anacron -s -t $HOME/.anacron/etc/anacrontab -S $HOME/.anacron/spool


===== Test =====

  anacron -fdn -t $HOME/.anacron/etc/anacrontab -S $HOME/.anacron/spool

====== Tested on ======
  * Xubuntu 20.04
  * Kde Neon 20.04

====== See also ======

====== References ======
  * https://askubuntu.com/questions/235089/how-can-i-run-anacron-in-user-mode