EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE
Local archive directory. Expected to hold an absolute path; mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line.
xfetch1
Fetch records from a local ncbi entrez direct archive by uid
Usage
xfetch [-db
database]
[{-id
str ... | -input
file}]
[-stream]
Overview
xfetch prints to standard output requested portions of a local NCBI Entrez Direct archive produced by archive-pubmed(1) or the like, typically for further processing by xtract(1) or the like.
By default, it looks to standard input for either a raw list of UIDs or an ENTREZ_DIRECT XML object that additionally holds a database name.
Options
-
-db database -
Fetch from the specified database,
pubmedby default for now. (Explicitly specifying a database either on the command line or viaENTREZ_DIRECTXML will eventually become mandatory.)
-idstr ...-
UID(s) to fetch; may be internally delimited by whitespace and any punctuation other than . or
_.
-
-input file -
Read UIDs from the specified file.
-
-stream -
Leave records compressed.