NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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

       download-pubmed(1), fetch-pubmed(1),  index-pubmed(1),  phrase-search(1),  pm-prepare(1),  pm-refresh(1),
       pm-stash(1), rchive(1).