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| <h1><a href="../cli/npm-cache.html">npm-cache</a></h1> <p>Manipulates packages cache</p> |
| <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> |
| <pre><code>npm cache add <tarball file> |
| npm cache add <folder> |
| npm cache add <tarball url> |
| npm cache add <name>@<version> |
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| npm cache ls [<path>] |
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| npm cache clean [<path>] |
| </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> |
| <p>Used to add, list, or clear the npm cache folder.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><p>add: |
| Add the specified package to the local cache. This command is primarily |
| intended to be used internally by npm, but it can provide a way to |
| add data to the local installation cache explicitly.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li><p>ls: |
| Show the data in the cache. Argument is a path to show in the cache |
| folder. Works a bit like the <code>find</code> program, but limited by the |
| <code>depth</code> config.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li><p>clean: |
| Delete data out of the cache folder. If an argument is provided, then |
| it specifies a subpath to delete. If no argument is provided, then |
| the entire cache is cleared.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <h2 id="details">DETAILS</h2> |
| <p>npm stores cache data in the directory specified in <code>npm config get cache</code>. |
| For each package that is added to the cache, three pieces of information are |
| stored in <code>{cache}/{name}/{version}</code>:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>.../package/package.json: |
| The package.json file, as npm sees it.</li> |
| <li>.../package.tgz: |
| The tarball for that version.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Additionally, whenever a registry request is made, a <code>.cache.json</code> file |
| is placed at the corresponding URI, to store the ETag and the requested |
| data. This is stored in <code>{cache}/{hostname}/{path}/.cache.json</code>.</p> |
| <p>Commands that make non-essential registry requests (such as <code>search</code> and |
| <code>view</code>, or the completion scripts) generally specify a minimum timeout. |
| If the <code>.cache.json</code> file is younger than the specified timeout, then |
| they do not make an HTTP request to the registry.</p> |
| <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2> |
| <h3 id="cache">cache</h3> |
| <p>Default: <code>~/.npm</code> on Posix, or <code>%AppData%/npm-cache</code> on Windows.</p> |
| <p>The root cache folder.</p> |
| <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config(1)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install(1)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-publish.html">npm-publish(1)</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-pack.html">npm-pack(1)</a></li> |
| </ul> |
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