cacheURL: Download and cache a file using BiocFileCache

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Download and cache a file using BiocFileCache

Description

Download and cache a file using BiocFileCache

Usage

cacheURL(
  url,
  pkg = "BiocFileCache",
  update = FALSE,
  ask = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

url	character(1). Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
pkg	character(1). Package name.
update	logical(1). Call bfcneedsupdate internally to see if URL needs an update. Doesn't work reliably for all servers, so disabled by default.
ask	logical(1). Ask if package cache needs to be created or if file needs to be updated.
verbose	logical(1). Run the function with verbose output.

Value

character(1). Cached file path on disk.

Note

Updated 2021-05-18.

See Also

• BiocFileCache::bfcinfo().

Examples

url <- AcidBase::pasteURL(
    pipetteTestsURL,
    "biocfilecache-test.txt",
    protocol = "none"
)
file <- cacheURL(url)
print(file)

acidgenomics/pipette documentation built on Nov. 12, 2022, 6:19 p.m.