Cache directory, Files tab, Properties Dialog Box (Error Detection)
Displays the directory where Purify stores instrumented files for the selected native-compiled (unmanaged) program.
Purify caches instrumented versions of files used by the program to avoid reinstrumentation for subsequent runs of the same program. Purify checks the cache directory each time you run the program and reinstruments new or updated files. For previously cached files, Purify uses the timestamp and the instrumentation level to determine whether the file needs to be reinstrumented. If you change the instrumentation level, Purify automatically deletes the cached version and reinstruments the file the next time you run the program. Generally, it is not recommended that you delete an instrumented debug file (.pdb, .map, or .dbg); Purify reinstruments debug data files only when the associated module is reinstrumented.
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