BiocPkgTools-cache {BiocPkgTools} | R Documentation

## 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").

[Package BiocPkgTools version 1.12.2 Index]