index-bioc

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

index-bioc prepares a directory to hold a local BioConcepts archive, then downloads a full dump from NCBI's servers, organizes it into an rchive(1) trie, and fully indexes the resulting archive.

[-path] dir

Place the local archive in dir.

[-temp|-work|-working] dir

Place intermediate subtrees in dir.

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.

download-ncbi-data(1), index-pubmed(1), rchive(1), xtract(1).