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ARCHIVE-PMC(1) | NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual | ARCHIVE-PMC(1) |
NAME¶
archive-pmc - maintain a local NCBI PubMed Central archive
SYNOPSIS¶
archive-pmc [[-]download] [[-]verify] [[-]missing] [[-]daily|[-][re]index] [[-]stem[med]] [[-]clean|[-]clear|[-]scrap|[-]scrub|[-]scour|[-]erase|[-]zap] [-info] [-ftp|-http[s]]
DESCRIPTION¶
archive-pmc prepares a directory to hold a local PubMed Central archive, then downloads a full database dump from NCBI's servers, organizes the dump into an rchive(1) trie, and refreshes the versioned records.
OPTIONS¶
- [-]download
- Download the dump but perform no further processing.
- [-]verify
- Verify that all downloaded files are in good shape.
- [-]missing
- Check for missing downloads.
- [-]daily
- Additionally produce or update an inverted index.
- [-][re]index
- Fully reindex, complete with an inverted index.
- [-]stem[med]
- Additionally index unsuffixed variants of terms.
- [-]clean|[-]clear
- Delete Indices contents and Increment files.
- [-]scrap
- Delete Postings directories.
- [-]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.
- -info
- Check whether the archive is complete and up to date; report what's wrong if it isn't.
- -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-nmcds(1), archive-pids(1), archive-pubmed(1), archive-taxonomy(1), download-pmc(1), pm-clean(1), pm-prepare(1), pm-setup(1), nquire(1), rchive(1), xfetch(1), xfilter(1), xinfo(1), xlink(1), xsearch(1). xtract(1).
2025-05-26 | NCBI |