# Add a remote directory without adding to the cache

**URL:** <https://discuss.dvc.org/t/add-a-remote-directory-without-adding-to-the-cache/452>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/add-a-remote-directory-without-adding-to-the-cache/452 "2020-07-22T00:59:43Z")\
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OK. And like I mentioned, please consider [https://dvc.org/doc/command-reference/import-url](https://dvc.org/doc/command-reference/import-url) as another alternative. It will download the data and create a .dvc file for it, as if it was tracked with `dvc add`, so you can use it as a dependency for further stages and have repro download it automatically if/when needed.

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