pm-clean1

Usage

Overview

pm-clean cleans part or all of a local NCBI Entrez Direct archive.

Options

-db database

Specific database to clean.

-fields fields

Postings directories to delete in -scratch mode; none by default. Whitespace serves as the only delimiter, typically entailing shell quoting.

[-]clean|[-]clear

Delete Indices contents and Increment files.

[-]scrap

Delete all Postings directories.

[-]scrub

Delete Indices contents, Increment files, and all Postings directories.

[-]scour

Delete Indices contents, Increment files, and all Postings, Data, Archive, and Sentinel directories.

[-]erase

Delete Indices contents, Increment files, all Postings, Data, Archive, and Sentinel directories, and Extras directory contents.

[-]zap

Delete entire archive.

[-]scratch

Delete Scratch directories and any Postsings directories specified by -fields.

Environment

EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE

Local archive directory to use; expected to hold an absolute path.