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tfds.download.GenerateMode

Enum for how to treat pre-existing downloads and data.

The default mode is REUSE_DATASET_IF_EXISTS, which will reuse both raw downloads and the prepared dataset if they exist.

The generations modes:

Downloads Dataset
REUSE_DATASET_IF_EXISTS (default) Reuse Reuse
REUSE_CACHE_IF_EXISTS Reuse Fresh
FORCE_REDOWNLOAD Fresh Fresh

FORCE_REDOWNLOAD <GenerateMode.FORCE_REDOWNLOAD: 'force_redownload'>
REUSE_CACHE_IF_EXISTS <GenerateMode.REUSE_CACHE_IF_EXISTS: 'reuse_cache_if_exists'>
REUSE_DATASET_IF_EXISTS <GenerateMode.REUSE_DATASET_IF_EXISTS: 'reuse_dataset_if_exists'>