ENH: allow users to clear cache associated with vsicurl #605
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This PR proposes the addition of methods to allow users to clear the
/vsicurl/internal GDAL cache.Implemented methods support both a full cleanup and a cleanup by prefix, using the provided methods VSICurlClearCache and VSICurlPartialClearCache
Basic tests are included to verify that the methods do not raise exceptions. The behavior should be tested more extensively against different GDAL builds; if you have a better testing approach, let me know and I will add it.
To test the functionaly one can: