[feature][2.x] conan cache path doesn't allow querying the package folder

[fschoenm]

What is your suggestion?

conan cache path only allows querying the export_source, source, build, and metadata folders. It seems that the package folder, containing the final binaries, cannot be queried? Is that an oversight?

Have you read the CONTRIBUTING guide?

• I've read the CONTRIBUTING guide

[czoido]

Hi @fschoenm,

If you provide the reference with the package_id or the package_id + package_revision the package folder should be shown by default. Like this, for example:

# outputs the package folder for the latest package revision:
$ conan cache path zlib/1.2.13#e377bee636333ae348d51ca90874e353
/<path_to_local_cache>/.conan2/p/b/zlib27fc03271dsd3/p

# outputs the package folder for the specific package revision:
$ conan cache path zlib/1.2.13#e377bee636333ae348d51ca90874e353:6fe7fa69f760aee504e0be85c12b2327c716f9e7#90be0436f7d56b2561466a5914ecd2f1
/<path_to_local_cache>/.conan2/p/b/zlib27d3dds71f7ab/p

Hope this helps.

[fschoenm]

Thanks for the hint @czoido, I guess in that case the documentation is just wrong:

--folder {export_source,source,build,metadata}
                      Path to show. The 'build' requires a package reference. If not specified it shows 'exports' path

[czoido]

We'll add some clarification there. Thanks for reporting @fschoenm

[fschoenm]

@czoido Maybe it would also be useful to allow export and package options in the --folder argument. IMO it's confusing (and very uncommon compared to other CLI tools) to have different behavior when not specifying such an argument instead of having defaults.