NAME

       pm-prepare - prepare directories to hold a local NCBI Entrez Direct archive

SYNOPSIS

       pm-prepare -db database

DESCRIPTION

       pm-prepare prepares directories to hold a local Entrez Direct archive.  It also advises the user on steps
       to ensure that access to this tree is quick and that the system knows to treat it as a cache.

OPTIONS

       -db database
              Specific database to cover.

ENVIRONMENT

       EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE
              Local archive directory to use; expected to hold an absolute path.

SEE ALSO

       archive-nihocc(1),      archive-nlmnlp(1),     archive-nmcds(1),     archive-pids(1),     archive-pmc(1),
       archive-pubmed(1), archive-taxonomy(1), download-pmc(1),  download-pubmed(1),  pm-clean(1),  pm-setup(1),
       rchive(1).

NCBI                                               2025-05-26                                      PM-PREPARE(1)