.TH EDIRUTIL 1 2017-01-24 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
edirutil \- synthesize NCBI ENTREZ_DIRECT XML (edirect pipeline state)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B edirutil
[\|\fB\-db\fP\ \fIname\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-web\fP\ \fIwebenv\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-key\fP\ \fIN\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-count\fP\ \fIN\fP\|] 
[\|\fB\-step\fP\ \fIN\fP\|]
.\"[\|\fB\-seconds\fP\ \fIX\fP\|]   \" ignored
.\"[\|\fB\-version\fP\ \fIver\fP\|] \" ignored
[\|\fB\-silent\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-verbose\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-debug\fP\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBedirutil\fP synthesizes \fBENTREZ_DIRECT\fP XML records,
which several \fBedirect\fP commands read, write, or both,
to allow for server\-side transformation or filtering of results
prior to presenting them.
\fBedirutil\fP makes it possible to bypass
one or more \fBedirect\fP pipeline stages
on the basis of state observed in browsers or other tools
that don't natively produce \fBENTREZ_DIRECT\fP XML.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-db\fP\ \fIname\fP
Work with the named Entrez database.
.TP
\fB\-web\fP\ \fIwebenv\fP
Pass the specified \fBWebEnv\fP cookie.
.TP
\fB\-key\fP\ \fIN\fP
Work with the \fIN\fPth result set associated with the specified \fBWebEnv\fP.
.TP
\fB\-count\fP\ \fIN\fP
Expect \fIN\fP results.
.TP
\fB\-step\fP\ \fIN\fP
Indicate the current pipeline depth.
.TP
\fB\-silent\fP
Suppress connection failure retry messages.
.TP
\fB\-verbose\fP
Display the \fBENTREZ_DIRECT\fP XML field values at each step.
.TP
\fB\-debug\fP
Print the internal URL query and XML results of each step.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR econtact (1),
.BR edirect (1).