archive-taxonomy(1)

archive-taxonomy1

Maintain a local ncbi taxonomy archive

Usage

archive-taxonomy [{[-] daily | [-] [re] index}] [{[-] clean | [-] clear | [-] scrub | [-] scour | [-] erase | [-] zap}] [-info] [{-ftp | -http [s]}]

Overview

archive-taxonomy prepares a directory to hold a local taxonomy 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.

[-]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.

[-path] dir

Place the local archive in dir.

[-temp|-work[ing]] dir

Place intermediate subtrees in dir.

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.