archive-pids(1)

archive-pids1

Maintain a local ncbi pubmed / pubmed central id map

Usage

archive-pids [{[-] daily | [-] [re] index}] [{[-] clean | [-] clear | [-] scrub | [-] scour | [-] scratch | [-] erase}] [{-ftp | -http [s]}]

Overview

archive-pids prepares a directory to hold a map between PubMed's article identifiers and PubMed Central's, then downloads a full database dump and organizes it into an rchive(1) trie.

Options

[-]daily

Additionally produce or update an inverted index.

[-][re]index

Fully reindex, complete with an inverted index.

[-]clean|[-]clear|[-]scrub|[-]scour|[-]scratch|[-]erase

Delete Scratch directories.

-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.

From ncbi-entrez-direct 24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.