Provided by: ncbi-entrez-direct_16.6.20220228+dfsg-2_amd64
NAME
archive-pubmed - populate a local NCBI PubMed archive from scratch
SYNOPSIS
archive-pubmed [[-]pma2pme|[-]asn[[.]1]] [[-path] dir [[-temp|-work[ing]] dir]]
DESCRIPTION
archive-pubmed prepares a directory to hold a local PubMed archive, then downloads a full database dump and a MeSH tree for reference from NCBI's servers, organizes the dump into an rchive(1) trie, and refreshes the versioned records.
OPTIONS
[-]pma2pme|[-]asn[[.]1] Additionally support retrieval in text ASN.1 Pubmed-entry format. [-path] dir Place the local archive in dir. [-temp|-work[ing]] 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[ing]. 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), ref2pmid(1).