URGENT: I need to turn off Smarty caching

[eluser]CodeIgniterNewbie[/eluser]
@jayrulez

Smarty defines the cache_dir as "cache." The cache files are appearing there. Also, I have modified the "view" function in MySmarty class:

Code:

echo('The value of caching is: ' . $this->caching . '<br/>');
echo('The value of cache_dir is: ' . $this->cache_dir . '<br/>');            
return parent::display($resource_name);

It's echoing "0" and "cache." I am convinced Smarty cache is turned off, but the cache_dir is getting filled with cache files.