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apptainer cache — Manage the local Apptainer cache. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptai

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Problem

How to use the apptainer cache command: Manage the local Apptainer cache. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_cache.html>.

Solution

apptainer cache — Manage the local Apptainer cache. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_cache.html>.

List all cached container images:

apptainer cache list

List cached container images with detailed information:

apptainer cache list {{[-v|--verbose]}}

List only a specific cache type:

apptainer cache list {{[-T|--type]}} {{library|oci|shub|blob|...}}

Clean the entire cache:

apptainer cache clean

Clean only a specific cache type:

apptainer cache clean {{[-T|--type]}} {{library|oci|shub|blob|...}}

Clean cache entries older than a specific number of days:

apptainer cache clean {{[-D|--days]}} {{days}}

Preview what would be cleaned without removing anything:

apptainer cache clean {{[-n|--dry-run]}}

Force clean without confirmation:

apptainer cache clean {{[-f|--force]}}

Code Snippets

List all cached container images

apptainer cache list

List cached container images with detailed information

apptainer cache list {{[-v|--verbose]}}

List only a specific cache type

apptainer cache list {{[-T|--type]}} {{library|oci|shub|blob|...}}

Clean the entire cache

apptainer cache clean

Clean only a specific cache type

apptainer cache clean {{[-T|--type]}} {{library|oci|shub|blob|...}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/apptainer cache

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