https://github.com/justjavac/deno_cache_dir

Returns the path to the user's cache directory.
https://github.com/justjavac/deno_cache_dir

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Returns the path to the user's cache directory.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/justjavac/deno_cache_dir
• Owner: justjavac
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-08-19T13:21:18.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-25T14:07:50.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-10T09:15:26.945Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: deno, deno-mod, deno-module, deno-starter, directory
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://deno.land/x/cache_dir
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Returns the path to the user's cache directory.

> _In v1.1.2(2020.06.26), Deno

> [Remove `Deno.dir` and dirs dependency #6385](https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/6385)_

The returned value depends on the operating system and is either a string,

containing a value from the following table, or `null`.

| Platform | Value                               | Example                          |

| -------- | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |

| Linux    | `$XDG_CACHE_HOME` or `$HOME`/.cache | /home/justjavac/.cache           |

| macOS    | `$HOME`/Library/Caches              | /Users/justjavac/Library/Caches  |

| Windows  | `$LOCALAPPDATA`                     | C:\Users\justjavac\AppData\Local |

## Usage

Requires `allow-env` permission.

Returns `null` if there is no applicable directory or if any other error occurs.

```ts

import cacheDir from "https://deno.land/x/cache_dir/mod.ts";

cacheDir();

// Lin: "/home/justjavac/.cache"

// Mac: "/Users/justjavac/Library/Caches"

// Win: "C:\Users\justjavac\AppData\Local"

```

## License

[deno_cache_dir](https://github.com/justjavac/deno_cache_dir) is released under

the MIT License. See the bundled [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for details.