NAME

       index-pubmed - populate and index a local NCBI PubMed archive from scratch

SYNOPSIS

       index-pubmed [[-path] dir [[-temp|-work|-working] dir]]

DESCRIPTION

       index-pubmed  prepares  a  directory to hold a local PubMed archive, then downloads a full
       database dump from NCBI's servers (along with MeSH data), organizes it into  an  rchive(1)
       trie,  refreshes  and  collects  the  versioned  records,  and fully indexes the resulting
       archive.

OPTIONS

       [-path] dir
              Place the local archive in dir.

       [-temp|-work|-working] dir
              Place intermediate subtrees in dir.

ENVIRONMENT

       EDIRECT_PUBMED_MASTER
              Local archive directory to use in the  absence  of  -path.   Expected  to  hold  an
              absolute path; mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line.

       EDIRECT_PUBMED_WORKING
              Directory  to  hold  intermediate  subtrees in the absence of -temp|-work|-working.
              Expected to hold an absolute path.  Defaults to the primary local archive directory
              when not set.

SEE ALSO

       archive-pubmed(1),     download-ncbi-data(1),     download-pubmed(1),     fetch-pubmed(1),
       index-bioc(1), phrase-search(1), pm-collect(1),  pm-index(1),  pm-invert(1),  pm-merge(1),
       pm-prepare(1), pm-promote(1), pm-refresh(1), pm-stash(1), rchive(1), xtract(1).