global-cache-dir

Get the global cache directory

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import globalCacheDir from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/global-cache-dir';
</script>

README

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Get the global cache directory.

Ensures the directory exists.

The cache directory location is OS-specific.

Example

import globalCacheDir from 'global-cache-dir'

const cacheDir = await globalCacheDir('myapp')
// Depending on the OS:
//  => '/Users/ehmicky/Library/Caches/myapp'
//  => '/home/ehmicky/.cache/myapp'
//  => 'C:\Users\ehmicky\AppData\Local\myapp\Cache'

Install

npm install global-cache-dir

This package is an ES module and must be loaded using an import or import() statement, not require().

Usage

globalCacheDir(name)

name: string
Returns: Promise<string>

name must only use digits, letters or dashes.

See also

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