To save time of downloading and processing during a session, the download functions rely on the use of saving copies in the tempdir(). The downloads are always placed there and each import looks for them first in the tempdir().
tempdir_data(id, force_download)
The id of a Eurostat product.
Defaults to FALSE
which will use the existing downloaded file
in the data_directory
or the temporary directory, if it exists. TRUE
will
try to download the file from the Eurostat warehouse.