NAME¶

archive-pmc - maintain a local NCBI PubMed Central archive

SYNOPSIS¶

archive-pmc [[-]daily|[-][re]index] [[-]clean|[-]clear|[-]scrub] [[-]zap] [[-path] dir [[-temp|-work[ing]] dir]]

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¶

[-]daily

Additionally produce or update an inverted index.

[-][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.

[-]zap

Delete entire archive.

[-path] dir

Place the local archive in dir.

[-temp|-work[ing]] dir

Place intermediate subtrees 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.

EDIRECT_PMC_WORKING

Directory to hold intermediate subtrees in the absence of -temp|-work[ing]. Expected to hold an absolute path. Defaults to the primary local archive directory when not set.

SEE ALSO¶

archive-pubmed(1), download-pmc(1), fetch-pmc(1), rchive(1), xtract(1).