Revised August 2023
Whenever files are transferred from the server to the client within an ATE session (e.g. printing and GUI display resources such as icons, images, etc.), they are cached in this directory. The directory location, normally %ATE%\Cache, is defined via the ATE Connection Properties dialog. ATE creates an environment variable, %ATECACHE% pointing to the directory, and automatically clears the directory at the end of the last concurrent session—unless it is defined to be the same directory as ATEPERMCACHE.
History
2023 August, A-Shell 6.5.1740: ATECACHE directory now retains files for 96 hours after the last access as an optimization to reduce excess cache transfers. Previously the entire directory was cleared after the last ATE session the local machine exited
