```ruby
require 'pathname'
root_dir = Pathname.new(File.expand_path("../../", __FILE__))

cookbook_path root_dir.join("cookbooks").to_s
file_cache_path root_dir.join("cache").to_s
log_level :info
```

Use the system temp-dir for the file cache.
user
```ruby
require 'pathname'
require 'tmpdir'
root_dir = Pathname.new(File.expand_path("../../", __FILE__))

cookbook_path root_dir.join("cookbooks").to_s
file_cache_path Pathname.new(Dir.tmpdir).join("chef-cache").to_s
log_level :info
```
assistant