NAME

       download-ncbi-data - download specific data from NCBI's FTP site

SYNOPSIS

       download-ncbi-data
       pmc-oa|pmc-bioc|bioconcepts|generif|meshtree|taxnames|serials|journals|oa-list|oa-book accession|carotene

DESCRIPTION

       download-ncbi-data downloads the requested data to the current directory.

OPTIONS

       pmc-oa Download  PubMed Central open-access archives in traditional format, unless already
              present.

       pmc-bioc
              Download PubMed Central open-access archives in BioConcepts format, unless  already
              present.

       bioconcepts
              Download  mappings from chemical, disease, and gene names to PubTatorCentral unless
              already present.

       generif
              Download GeneRif data, unless already present, and extract some summaries.

       taxnames
              Download a taxonomic database  and  produce  a  table  summarizing  correspondences
              between taxonomic IDs and scientific or common names.

       serials
              Download a database of serials indexed by NLM and extract some summaries.

       journals
              Download a database of journals indexed by PubMed and extract some summaries.

       meshtree
              Download MeSH data and extract some summaries.

       oa-list
              Download  a  list  of  open  access  books,  unless  already present, and extract a
              summary.

       oa-book accession
              Download the open access book with the specified accession.  First produce  a  list
              and summary as above if necessary.

       carotene
              Download and unzip sample XML for carotene.

SEE ALSO

       archive-pubmed(1),    download-ncbi-software(1),    download-pmc(1),   download-pubmed(1),
       download-sequence(1),  index-extras(1),  index-pubmed(1),   phrase-search(1),   nquire(1),
       xtract(1).