Running src_organism() without a given path will save the sqlite file to a tempdir():
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It might be more convenient if the default behavior was to write the sqlite into a folder
like the one used for AnnotationHub, with src_organism checking for a relevant database
when invoked. It takes a bit of time to build the database, and if I understand the default behavior correctly, it will be lost when the session ends.
Yes, that's the intention when BiocFileCache (@lshep) (svn repository; your own credentials or readonly / readonly for username / password) becomes available.
From the current vignette:
Running src_organism() without a given path will save the sqlite file to a tempdir():
...
It might be more convenient if the default behavior was to write the sqlite into a folder like the one used for AnnotationHub, with src_organism checking for a relevant database when invoked. It takes a bit of time to build the database, and if I understand the default behavior correctly, it will be lost when the session ends.