website: note that plugin_cache_dir must already exist

This directory is not automatically created by Terraform
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David Celis 2017-11-29 15:04:08 -08:00 committed by Martin Atkins
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@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ For example:
plugin_cache_dir = "$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache" plugin_cache_dir = "$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"
``` ```
This directory must already exist before Terraform will cache plugins;
Terraform will not create the directory itself.
Please note that on Windows it is necessary to use forward slash separators Please note that on Windows it is necessary to use forward slash separators
(`/`) rather than the conventional backslash (`\`) since the configuration (`/`) rather than the conventional backslash (`\`) since the configuration
file parser considers a backslash to begin an escape sequence. file parser considers a backslash to begin an escape sequence.