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).