cachePath: Function used to build a file path based on a cache folder

In BIOMASS: Estimating Aboveground Biomass and Its Uncertainty in Tropical Forests

Function used to build a file path based on a cache folder

Description

Parameters are similar to that of file.path function

Usage

cachePath(...)

Arguments

...	character vectors. Elements of the subpath of cache path

Value

A character vector of normalized file path with a source attribute holding a hint to cache path source ("option", "data", "temp")

Localisation

Cache path discovery protocol

1. BIOMASS.cache option set to an existing folder

2. existing user data folder rappdirs::user_data_dir()

   • On Linux : ⁠~/.local/share/R/BIOMASS⁠

   • On Mac OS X : ⁠~/Library/Application Support/R/BIOMASS⁠

   • On Windows 7 up to 10 : ⁠C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Local\\R\\BIOMASS⁠

   • On Windows XP : ⁠C:\\Documents and Settings\\<username>\\Data\\R\\BIOMASS⁠

3. fallback to R session tempdir

BIOMASS documentation built on June 8, 2025, 9:34 p.m.