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Clear your giscoR cache dir

Source: R/gisco_clear_cache.R
gisco_clear_cache.Rd

Use this function with caution. This function would clear your cached data and configuration, specifically:

  • Deletes the giscoR config directory (rappdirs::user_config_dir("giscoR", "R")).

  • Deletes the cache_dir directory.

  • Deletes the values on stored on Sys.getenv("GISCO_CACHE_DIR") and options(gisco_cache_dir).

Usage

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

Arguments

config

if TRUE, will delete the configuration folder of giscoR.

cached_data

If this is set to TRUE, it will delete your cache_dir and all its content.

verbose

Logical, displays information. Useful for debugging, default is FALSE.

Value

Invisible. This function is called for its side effects.

Details

This is an overkill function that is intended to reset your status as it you would never have installed and/or used giscoR.

See also

rappdirs::user_config_dir()

Other cache utilities: gisco_set_cache_dir()

Examples


# Don't run this! It would modify your current state
# \dontrun{
gisco_clear_cache(verbose = TRUE)
#> giscoR cached data deleted:  C:\Users\RUNNER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp63EXJh/giscoR

Sys.getenv("GISCO_CACHE_DIR")
#> [1] ""

# Set new cache on a temp dir
newcache <- file.path(tempdir(), "giscoR", "pkgdown")

newcache
#> [1] "C:\\Users\\RUNNER~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rtmp63EXJh/giscoR/pkgdown"

gisco_set_cache_dir(newcache)
#> giscoR cache dir is:  C:\Users\RUNNER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp63EXJh/giscoR/pkgdown
#> To install your cache_dir path for use in future sessions, 
#> run this function with `install = TRUE`.

Sys.getenv("GISCO_CACHE_DIR")
#> [1] "C:\\Users\\RUNNER~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rtmp63EXJh/giscoR/pkgdown"
# }