pooch.os_cache¶

pooch.os_cache(project, platform=None)[source]¶

Default cache location based on the operating system.

Will insert the project name in the proper location of the path.

Parameters:	project : str The project name. platform : str or None The name of operating system as returned by `sys.platform` (`'darwin'` for Mac, `'win32'` for Windows, and anything else will be treated as generic Linux/Unix. If None, will use the value of `sys.platform`.
Returns:	cache_path : `pathlib.Path` The default location for the data cache. User directories (`'~'`) are not expanded.

Examples

>>> for os in ['darwin', 'win32', 'anything else']:
...     path = os_cache("myproject", platform=os)
...     print(path.parts)
('~', 'Library', 'Caches', 'myproject')
('~', 'AppData', 'Local', 'myproject', 'cache')
('~', '.cache', 'myproject')