doc: explain CAPA_SAVE_WORKSPACE

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William Ballenthin
2021-06-15 12:31:56 -06:00
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### IDA Pro plugin: capa explorer
Please check out the [capa explorer documentation](/capa/ida/plugin/README.md).
### save time by reusing .viv files
Set the environment variable `CAPA_SAVE_WORKSPACE` to instruct the underlying analysis engine to
cache its intermediate results to the file system. For example, vivisect will create `.viv` files.
Subsequently, capa may run faster when reprocessing the same input file.
This is particularly useful during rule development as you repeatedly test a rule against a known sample.