gisco_clear_cache: Clear your 'giscoR' cache directory

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Clear your giscoR cache directory

Description

Use this function with caution. It clears your cached data and configuration, specifically:

• Deletes the giscoR config directory (tools::R_user_dir("giscoR", "config")).

• Deletes the cache_dir directory.

• Deletes the value stored in Sys.getenv("GISCO_CACHE_DIR").

Usage

gisco_clear_cache(config = FALSE, cached_data = TRUE, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

config	If TRUE, delete the configuration folder of giscoR.
cached_data	If TRUE, delete your cache_dir and all its content.
verbose	A logical value. If TRUE displays informational messages.

Details

Fully resets your cache state as if you had never installed or used giscoR.

Value

Invisible. Called for its side effects.

See Also

tools::R_user_dir()

Other cache utilities: gisco_set_cache_dir()

Examples

# Do not run this. It modifies your current state.
## Not run: 
my_cache <- gisco_detect_cache_dir()

# Set an example cache.
ex <- file.path(tempdir(), "example", "cache")
gisco_set_cache_dir(ex, verbose = FALSE)

# Restore the initial cache.
gisco_clear_cache(verbose = TRUE)

gisco_set_cache_dir(my_cache)
identical(my_cache, gisco_detect_cache_dir())

## End(Not run)

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