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