sourcoise_meta: Get Sourcoise Metadata for a Script

In sourcoise: Source a Script and Cache

Get Sourcoise Metadata for a Script

Description

Retrieves metadata about a cached script without fetching the actual data. This function provides quick access to information about script execution, cache status, and related files.

Usage

sourcoise_meta(path, args = NULL, root = NULL, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

path	Path to the script file (character). Can be an absolute or relative path.
args	Named list of arguments that were passed to the script, if any. Default is NULL. This is used to identify the specific cached version when the script was executed with different argument sets.
root	(defaut NULL) the root of the project (you'd better rely on sourcoise for that one)
quiet	(defaut FALSE) should we say something ?

Value

A named list containing cache metadata with the following elements:

ok

Cache status indicator: "cache ok&valid", "invalid cache", or "no cache data"

timing

Execution time of the full script (duration)

date

Date and time of the last full execution

size

Size of objects returned, measured in R memory

args

Arguments given to sourcoise for the script

lapse

Delay interval before reexecution is triggered

track

List of files being tracked for changes

qmd_file

List of Quarto (.qmd) files calling this script

log_file

Path to the last log file

file_size

Size of cached data on disk

data_date

Date of last data save (note: if no new data is generated during execution, no new data file is saved)

data_file

Path to the cached data file (stored as .qs2 format)

json_file

Path to the JSON file storing metadata (located in .sourcoise directory)

Examples

dir <- tempdir()
set_sourcoise_root(dir)
fs::file_copy(
   fs::path_package("sourcoise", "some_data.R"),
  dir,
  overwrite = TRUE)
# Force execution (root is set explicitly here, it is normally deduced from project)
data <- sourcoise("some_data.R", force_exec = TRUE)

# Access metadata without loading the cached data
meta <- sourcoise_meta("some_data.R")
print(meta$timing)  # View execution time
print(meta$ok)      # Check cache status

sourcoise documentation built on Jan. 8, 2026, 1:07 a.m.