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Name

npm-cache - Manipulates packages cache Synopsis npm cache add <tarball file> npm cache add <folder> npm cache add <tarball url> npm cache add <git url> npm cache add <name>@<version> npm cache clean [<key>] npm cache ls [<name>@<version>] npm cache verify Note: This command is unaware of workspaces. Description Used to add, list, or clean the npm cache folder. o add: Add the specified packages 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. o clean: Delete all data out of the cache folder. Note that this is typically unnecessary, as npm's cache is self-healing and resistant to data corruption issues. o verify: Verify the contents of the cache folder, garbage collecting any unneeded data, and verifying the integrity of the cache index and all cached data. Details npm stores cache data in an opaque directory within the configured cache, named _cacache. This directory is a cacache http://npm.im/cacache-based content-addressable cache that stores all http request data as well as other package-related data. This directory is primarily accessed through pacote, the library responsible for all package fetching as of npm@5. All data that passes through the cache is fully verified for integrity on both insertion and extraction. Cache corruption will either trigger an error, or signal to pacote that the data must be refetched, which it will do automatically. For this reason, it should never be necessary to clear the cache for any reason other than reclaiming disk space, thus why clean now requires --force to run. There is currently no method exposed through npm to inspect or directly manage the contents of this cache. In order to access it, cacache must be used directly. npm will not remove data by itself: the cache will grow as new packages are installed. A note about the cache's design The npm cache is strictly a cache: it should not be relied upon as a persistent and reliable data store for package data. npm makes no guar- antee that a previously-cached piece of data will be available later, and will automatically delete corrupted contents. The primary guarantee that the cache makes is that, if it does return data, that data will be exactly the data that was inserted. To run an offline verification of existing cache contents, use npm cache verify. Configuration cache o Default: Windows: %LocalAppData%\npm-cache, Posix: ~/.npm o Type: Path The location of npm's cache directory. See npm help npm cache See Also o npm help folders o npm help config o npm help npmrc o npm help install o npm help publish o npm help pack o https://npm.im/cacache o https://npm.im/pacote o https://npm.im/@npmcli/arborist o https://npm.im/make-fetch-happen

Synopsis

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Description

NPM-CACHE(1)                                                      NPM-CACHE(1)



NAME
       npm-cache - Manipulates packages cache

   Synopsis
         npm cache add <tarball file>
         npm cache add <folder>
         npm cache add <tarball url>
         npm cache add <git url>
         npm cache add <name>@<version>
         npm cache clean [<key>]
         npm cache ls [<name>@<version>]
         npm cache verify

       Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

   Description
       Used to add, list, or clean the npm cache folder.

       o add:  Add the specified packages 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.

       o clean:  Delete  all  data out of the cache folder.  Note that this is
         typically unnecessary, as npm's cache is self-healing  and  resistant
         to data corruption issues.

       o verify:  Verify  the contents of the cache folder, garbage collecting
         any unneeded data, and verifying the integrity of the cache index and
         all cached data.


   Details
       npm  stores  cache  data  in  an opaque directory within the configured
       cache,    named    _cacache.    This    directory    is    a    cacache
       http://npm.im/cacache-based  content-addressable  cache that stores all
       http request data as well as other package-related data. This directory
       is  primarily  accessed through pacote, the library responsible for all
       package fetching as of npm@5.

       All data that passes through the cache is fully verified for  integrity
       on  both insertion and extraction. Cache corruption will either trigger
       an error, or signal to pacote that the data must be refetched, which it
       will do automatically. For this reason, it should never be necessary to
       clear the cache for any reason other than reclaiming disk  space,  thus
       why clean now requires --force to run.

       There is currently no method exposed through npm to inspect or directly
       manage the contents of this cache. In order to access it, cacache  must
       be used directly.

       npm will not remove data by itself: the cache will grow as new packages
       are installed.

   A note about the cache's design
       The npm cache is strictly a cache: it should not be relied  upon  as  a
       persistent and reliable data store for package data. npm makes no guar-
       antee that a previously-cached piece of data will be  available  later,
       and will automatically delete corrupted contents. The primary guarantee
       that the cache makes is that, if it does return data, that data will be
       exactly the data that was inserted.

       To  run  an  offline  verification  of existing cache contents, use npm
       cache verify.

   Configuration
   cache
       o Default: Windows: %LocalAppData%\npm-cache, Posix: ~/.npm

       o Type: Path


       The location of npm's cache directory. See npm help npm cache

   See Also
       o npm help folders

       o npm help config

       o npm help npmrc

       o npm help install

       o npm help publish

       o npm help pack

       o https://npm.im/cacache

       o https://npm.im/pacote

       o https://npm.im/@npmcli/arborist

       o https://npm.im/make-fetch-happen




ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | runtime/nodejs/nodejs-18 |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-thru volatile       |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source   was   downloaded   from     https://github.com/nodejs/node/ar-
       chive/v18.1.0.zip.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://github.com/nodejs/node.



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