.TH EXPAND-CURRENT 1 2020-02-09 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual" .SH NAME expand\-current \- expand a local NCBI PubMed archive .SH SYNOPSIS .B expand\-current [\|[\|\fB\-path\fP\|]\ \fIdir\fP [\|[\|\fB\-temp\fP|\fB\-work\fP|\fB\-working\fP\|]\ \fIdir\fP\|]\|] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBexpand\-current\fP expands the "Current" portion of a local NCBI PubMed archive, first removing intermediate indices to free up space. .SH OPTIONS .TP [\|\fB\-path\fP\|]\ \fIdir\fP Place the local archive in \fIdir\fP. .TP [\|\fB\-temp\fP|\fB\-work\fP|\fB\-working\fP\|]\ \fIdir\fP Place intermediate subtrees in \fIdir\fP. .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B EDIRECT_PUBMED_MASTER Local archive directory to use in the absence of \fB\-path\fP. Expected to hold an absolute path; mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line. .TP .B EDIRECT_PUBMED_WORKING Directory to hold intermediate subtrees in the absence of \fB\-temp\fP|\fB\-work\fP|\fB\-working\fP. Expected to hold an absolute path. Defaults to the primary local archive directory when not set. .SH SEE ALSO .BR archive\-pubmed (1), .BR index\-pubmed (1).