Get the global cache directory
npm install global-cache-dir
Get the global cache directory.
Ensures the directory exists.
The cache directory location is OS-specific.
``js
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'
`
`bash`
npm install global-cache-dir
This package works in Node.js >=18.18.0.
This is an ES module. It must be loaded using
an import or import() statement,
not require(). If TypeScript is used, it must be configured to
output ES modules,
not CommonJS.
name: string\Promise
_Returns_:
name must only use digits, letters or dashes.
- node-cachedir: underlying logic
for this module
- find-cache-dir: get the local
cache directory
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