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BiocFileCache

Manage Files Across Sessions

Bioconductor version: 3.23 · Package version: 3.2.0

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3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release)

This package creates a persistent on-disk cache of files that the user can add, update, and retrieve. It is useful for managing resources (such as custom Txdb objects) that are costly or difficult to create, web resources, and data files used across sessions.

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.BiocFileCache

Installation

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("BiocFileCache")

Details

MaintainerLori Shepherd <lori.shepherd@roswellpark.org>
AuthorLori Shepherd [aut, cre], Martin Morgan [aut]
LicenseArtistic-2.0
Bug Reportshttps://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocFileCache/issues
Source branchRELEASE_3_23
Build report Bioconductor build system, r-universe
biocViewsDataImport, Software
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/BiocFileCache/

Citation

From within R, enter citation("BiocFileCache"):

Lori Shepherd, Martin Morgan. BiocFileCache: Manage Files Across Sessions. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.BiocFileCache, R package version 3.2.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/BiocFileCache.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Documentation

Download

Follow the installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source packageBiocFileCache_3.2.0.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)BiocFileCache_3.2.0.zip
macOS binary (arm64)BiocFileCache_3.2.0.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)BiocFileCache_3.2.0.tgz
Dependencies

Depends: R (>= 3.4.0), dbplyr (>= 1.0.0)

Imports: methods, stats, utils, dplyr, RSQLite, DBI, filelock, curl, httr2

Suggests: testthat, knitr, BiocStyle, rmarkdown, rtracklayer

Reverse dependencies

Depends On Me (8): AnnotationHub, easylift, ExperimentHub, JASPAR2022, JASPAR2024, RcwlPipelines, scATAC.Explorer, TMExplorer

Imports Me (105): AlphaMissenseR, AMARETTO, atSNP, autonomics, BayesSpace, bedbaser, BiocBuildReporter, BiocCheck, BiocHail, BiocPkgTools, biomaRt, BioPlex, brendaDb, bugphyzz, bugsigdbr, BulkSignalR, cbaf, cBioPortalData, CBNplot, CellBench, convertid, CTDquerier, curatedBreastData, customCMPdb, CytoPipeline, DeconvoBuddies, depmap, DNAZooData, drugTargetInteractions, easyRNASeq, enhancerHomologSearch, EnMCB, EnrichmentBrowser, EpiTxDb, fenr, fgga, fourDNData, GeDi, geneplast.data, GenomicScores, GenomicSuperSignature, ggkegg, GSEABenchmarkeR, gwascat, hca, HiContactsData, HPO.db, HumanRetinaLRSData, imageFeatureTCGA, iSEEindex, MBQN, MetaScope, MicrobiomeBenchmarkData, MIRit, motifbreakR, MotifPeeker, MPO.db, MsBackendMetaboLights, msPurity, NxtIRFdata, OmicsMLRepoR, ontoProc, ORFik, org.Mxanthus.db, Organism.dplyr, orthosData, OSTA.data, PANTHER.db, PhIPData, PlinkMatrix, PMScanR, postNet, psichomics, rBLAST, recount3, recountmethylation, regutools, ReUseData, RiboDiPA, rpx, scviR, sesame, SFEData, signeR, SingleCellMultiModal, SMTrackR, spacexr, SpatialExperiment, spatialLIBD, SpatialOmicsOverlay, SpliceImpactR, SpliceWiz, SurfR, tenXplore, terraTCGAdata, TFutils, tidyexposomics, tomoseqr, toppgene, tximeta, UMI4Cats, uncoverappLib, UniProt.ws, waddR, xenLite

Suggests Me (45): anndataR, AnnotationForge, bambu, Bioc.gff, BiocSet, ChIPpeakAnno, chipseqDB, CoGAPS, CRISPRseek, dominoSignal, emtdata, EMTscoreData, EpiCompare, epiRomics, fastreeR, fluentGenomics, GRaNIE, HicAggR, HiCDCPlus, HiCExperiment, HiCool, HighlyReplicatedRNASeq, ImageArray, iscream, MethReg, MethylSeqData, MetMashR, msigdb, Nebulosa, nemoR, nipalsMCIA, progeny, qsvaR, scCustomize, seqsetvis, simpleSingleCell, spatialHeatmap, structToolbox, TCGAutils, TENxBrainData, TENxPBMCData, TREG, visiumStitched, XeniumIO, zellkonverter