# Managing expiration for cache directories
|Build|Status|
|-----|----|
| Bioc-release | [![](https://bioconductor.org/shields/build/release/bioc/dir.expiry.svg)](https://bioconductor.org/checkResults/release/bioc-LATEST/dir.expiry) |
| Bioc-devel | [![](https://bioconductor.org/shields/build/devel/bioc/dir.expiry.svg)](https://bioconductor.org/checkResults/devel/bioc-LATEST/dir.expiry) |
This package implements an expiration system for access to versioned directories,
primarily for handling cached software deployments within R packages like [**basilisk**](https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/basilisk.html).
Check out the user's guide on the [Bioconductor landing page](https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/dir.expiry.html) for more details.