pooch.os_cache

pooch.os_cache(project)

Default cache location based on the operating system.

The folder locations are defined by the appdirs package. Usually, the locations will be following (see the appdirs documentation):

• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/<project>
• Unix: ~/.local/share/<project> or the value of the XDG_DATA_HOME environment variable, if defined.
• Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\<project>\<project>

Parameters:

project : str

The project name.

Returns:

cache_path : pathlib.Path

The default location for the data cache. User directories ('~') are not expanded.