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.TH "NPM\-CACHE" "1" "May 2010" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm\-cache\fR \-\- install a package
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
npm cache add <tarball file>
npm cache add <folder>
npm cache add <tarball url>
npm cache add <name> <version>
npm cache ls [<path>]
npm cache clean [<pkg> [<version>]]
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.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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add
Access the local cache of package data.  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.
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.IP
If two arguments are provided, then npm will fetch the data from the
registry.  This allows npm to use the filesystem as a local proxy to
the registry.
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ls
Show the data in the cache.  Additional arguments are joined together
in a path\-like fashion, but something like \fBnpm cache ls npm/0.1.5\fR is
acceptable as well.
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clean
Delete data out of the cache for a specific package and version, all
versions of a package, or all data for all packages, depending on the
arguments supplied.
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.IP
This can be used if invalid data gets into the cache.
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.SH "DETAILS"
npm stores data for a version of a package in\fB$ROOT/.npm/.cache/<name>/<version>\fR.  Three pieces of data are stored
in this folder:
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package/
A folder containing the package contents as they appear in the tarball.
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package.json
The package.json file, as npm sees it, with overlays applied and a _id attribute.
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package.tgz
The tarball for that version.
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.SH "HISTORY"
Added in npm version 0.1.6