NAME

       lhapdf-getdata - Get PDF sets from the LHAPDF repository

SYNOPSIS

       lhapdf-getdata   [--main]  [--all]  [--repo=URL]  [--dest=DEST]  [--dryrun]  <name|number>
       [<name|number> ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Grab PDF grid and param files from the LHAPDF repository and install them into  the  local
       LHAPDF data directory.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       --repo=URL
              Base           URL           of           online           sets          repository
              (http://www.hepforge.org/archive/lhapdf/pdfsets/current)

       --dest=DEST
              PDF sets directory to install to (/usr/share/lhapdf/PDFsets)

       --all  Get ALL sets (this will be hundreds of megabytes... be careful!)

       --list Just list available files

       --force
              Overwrite existing files

       --dryrun
              Don't actually do any downloading

       -Q, --quiet
              Suppress normal messages

       -V, --verbose
              Add extra debug messages

EXAMPLES

       Show all available sets:
              lhapdf-getdata --list

       Get all NNPDF PDFs with pattern matching:
              lhapdf-getdata NNPDF

       Get CTEQ6L1, CTEQ66, MRST-S LO* and LO** PDFs with pattern matching:
              lhapdf-getdata CTEQ6ll CTEQ66 lomod MCal

       Get MSTW2008 68% confidence PDF by full name:
              lhapdf-getdata MSTW2008lo68cl.LHgrid

       See how much downloading would be involved in getting all PDF sets:
              lhapdf-getdata --all --dryrun

       I'm hardcore, give me the whole collection:
              lhapdf-getdata --all

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun <lifongsun@gmail.com>  for  the  Debian  system
       (but may be used by others).