NAME

       fetch-pmc - fetch records from a local NCBI PubMed Central archive by UID

SYNOPSIS

       fetch-pmc [-strict|-mixed] [[-path] dir]

DESCRIPTION

       fetch-pmc reads a list of record IDs from standard input and prints to standard output the
       corresponding portions  of  a  local  NCBI  PubMed  archive  produced  by  archive-pmc(1),
       typically for further processing by xtract(1) or the like.

OPTIONS

       -strict|-mixed
              Run rchive(1) with -flag strict or -flag mixed, respectively.

       [-path] dir
              Use the local archive in dir.

ENVIRONMENT

       EDIRECT_PMC_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.

SEE ALSO

       archive-pmc(1), rchive(1), xtract(1).