Method: FileCache#initialize

Defined in:
lib/filecache.rb

#initialize(domain = "default", root_dir = "/tmp", expiry = 0, depth = 2) ⇒ FileCache

Create a new reference to a file cache system.

domain

A string that uniquely identifies this caching system on the given host

root_dir

The root directory of the cache file hierarchy The cache will be rooted at root_dir/domain/

expiry

The expiry time for cache entries, in seconds. Use 0 if you want cached values never to expire.

depth

The depth of the file tree storing the cache. Should be large enough that no cache directory has more than a couple of hundred objects in it



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# File 'lib/filecache.rb', line 21

def initialize(domain = "default", root_dir = "/tmp", expiry = 0, depth = 2)
  @domain  = domain
  @root_dir = root_dir
  @expiry  = expiry
  @depth   = depth > MAX_DEPTH ? MAX_DEPTH : depth
  FileUtils.mkdir_p(get_root)
end