NETCACHE(1) General Commands Manual NETCACHE(1)

netcache — local Internet cache handler for offpunk

netcache [--path] [--offline] [--max-size MAX_SIZE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [URL ...]

netcache -h | --help

Netcache is the download and cache management engine of the browser offpunk(1). It allows one to fetch a link and get its content, writing the content through the local cache for ulterior reference. Netcache can be forced into offline mode, in order to only fetch resources from the local cache, otherwise it would always refresh it from the version available online. It is also useful for mapping a given URL to its location in the cache, independently of whether it has been downloaded first.

Default cache path is ~/.cache/offpunk. Set OFFPUNK_CACHE_PATH environment variable to use another location.

OFFPUNK_CACHE_PATH=/home/ploum/custom-cache netcache.py gemini://some.url

Offpunk(1) is a command-line browser and feed reader dedicated to browsing the Web, Gemini, Gopher and Spartan.

URL
download the URL and output the content.

, --help
show a help message and exit.
output the path to the cache instead of the content of the URL.
MAX_SIZE
cancel download of items above that size. The value is expressed in megabytes.
TIMEOUT
time to wait before cancelling connection. The value is expressed in seconds.
-CACHE_VALIDITY
Maximum age (in second) of the cached version before redownloading a new version.

The netcache utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

ansicat(1), migrate-offpunk-cache(1), offpunk(1), opnk(1), https://sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk/

Lionel Dricot (Ploum) <offpunk2 at ploum.eu>

August 27, 2023 Debian