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NAME
archive-nmcds - maintain a local NCBI RefSeq human mRNA archive
SYNOPSIS
archive-nmcds [[-][re]index] [[-]clean|[-]clear|[-]scrub|[-]scour|[-]erase|[-]zap] [-ftp|-http[s]]
DESCRIPTION
archive-nmcds prepares a directory to hold a local NCBI RefSeq human mRNA archive, then downloads a full
database dump from NCBI's servers, organizes the dump into an rchive(1) trie, and notes coding regions'
offsets.
OPTIONS
[-][re]index
Fully reindex, complete with an inverted index.
[-]clean|[-]clear
Delete Indices contents and Increment files.
[-]scrub
Delete Indices contents, Increment files, and Postings directories.
[-]scour
Delete Indices contents, Increment files, and Postings, Data, Archive, and Sentinel directories.
[-]erase
Delete Indices contents, Increment files, Postings, Data, Archive, and Sentinel directories, and
Extras directory contents.
[-]zap Delete entire archive.
-ftp Download needed data via FTP (default).
-http[s]
Download needed data via HTTPS.
ENVIRONMENT
EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE
Local archive directory to use; expected to hold an absolute path.
EDIRECT_LOCAL_WORKING
Directory to hold intermediate subtrees; expected to hold an absolute path. Defaults to the local
archive directory when not set.
SEE ALSO
archive-nihocc(1), archive-nlmnlp(1), archive-pids(1), archive-pmc(1), archive-pubmed(1),
archive-taxonomy(1), nquire(1), pm-clean(1), pm-prepare(1), pm-setup(1), rchive(1), xfetch(1),
xfilter(1), xinfo(1), xlink(1), xsearch(1). xtract(1).
NCBI 2025-05-26 ARCHIVE-NMCDS(1)