BiocPkgTools-cache: Manage cache for BiocPkgTools

In seandavi/BiocPkgTools: Collection of simple tools for learning about Bioconductor Packages

Manage cache for BiocPkgTools

Description

Managing user data is important to allow use of email functions such as biocBuildEmail and made easy with BiocFileCache.

Usage

setCache(
  directory = tools::R_user_dir("BiocPkgTools", "cache"),
  verbose = TRUE,
  ask = interactive()
)

pkgToolsCache(...)

Arguments

directory	The file location where the cache is located. Once set future downloads will go to this folder.
verbose	Whether to print descriptive messages
ask	logical (default TRUE when interactive session) Confirm the file location of the cache directory
...	For pkgToolsCache, arguments are passed to setCache

pkgToolsCache

Get the directory location of the cache. It will prompt the user to create a cache if not already created. A specific directory can be used via setCache.

setCache

Specify the directory location of the data cache. By default, it will got to the user's home/.cache/R and "appname" directory as specified by tools::R_user_dir (with package="BiocPkgTools" and which="cache").

seandavi/BiocPkgTools documentation built on May 23, 2024, 1:53 p.m.