persistentCache {mapmisc}

Set a persistent cache

Description

Sets a cache folder in temporary space

Usage

	persistentCache(verbose=TRUE)
	

Arguments

verbose

print location of the cache folder

Details

The default cache for map images is tempdir()/mapmiscCache, which will be deleted when an R session ends. Running this function sets a cache in /tmp/mapmiscCache_[username], which will re-use cached data across R sessions.

Value

persistentCache returns the path to the cach folder.

Examples

# current cache
getOption("mapmiscCachePath")

# set a new cache
myCache = file.path(tempdir(), 'myCache')
dir.create(myCache)
options(mapmiscCachePath = myCache)
getOption("mapmiscCachePath")

# create a persistent cache

persistentCache(verbose=TRUE)

getOption("mapmiscCachePath")