[Vol-dev] Issues with using the cache

Hi, I'm currently attempting to get caching working with some library code that exists outside a plugin. The code is parsing debugging symbol tables and so some caching would be useful for performance purposes. The use of caching is normally controlled at the command line via the --cache option. Within running library code, I'm using the following pattern to detect if the --cache option was specified: import volatility.conf as conf class Library(object): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): config = conf.ConfObject() # singleton object if config.CACHE: print "cache enabled" else: print "cache disabled" BTW, I'm aware that one can use the --debug option to see if caching is enabled at the terminal. If one now places this code within the volatility directory and then calls it via a plugin - for example with say: import volatility.plugins.common as common from volatility.library import Library class TestPlugin(common.AbstractWindowsCommand): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): common.AbstractWindowsCommand.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) lib = Library() and now if we run the plugin, I consistently observe that the --cache option is reported as disabled. I've tried triggering cache enabling via a callback to cache.enable_caching with no joy. Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Carl.