Make a new drake cache.

Uses the storr_rds() function from the storr package.

Usage

new_cache(
  path = NULL,
  verbose = NULL,
  type = NULL,
  hash_algorithm = NULL,
  short_hash_algo = NULL,
  long_hash_algo = NULL,
  ...,
  console_log_file = NULL
)

Arguments

path

File path to the cache if the cache is a file system cache.

verbose

Deprecated on 2019-09-11.

type

Deprecated argument. Once stood for cache type. Use storr to customize your caches instead.

hash_algorithm

Name of a hash algorithm to use. See the algo argument of the digest package for your options.

short_hash_algo

Deprecated on 2018-12-12. Use hash_algorithm instead.

long_hash_algo

Deprecated on 2018-12-12. Use hash_algorithm instead.

...

other arguments to the cache constructor.

console_log_file

Deprecated on 2019-09-11.

Value

A newly created drake cache as a storr object.

See also

make()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
isolate_example("Quarantine new_cache() side effects.", {
clean(destroy = TRUE) # Should not be necessary.
unlink("not_hidden", recursive = TRUE) # Should not be necessary.
cache1 <- new_cache() # Creates a new hidden '.drake' folder.
cache2 <- new_cache(path = "not_hidden", hash_algorithm = "md5")
clean(destroy = TRUE, cache = cache2)
})
}