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NAME
archive-pids - maintain a local NCBI PubMed / PubMed Central ID map
SYNOPSIS
archive-pids [[-]daily|[-][re]index] [[-]clean|[-]clear|[-]scrub|[-]scour|[-]scratch|[-]erase] [-ftp|-http[s]]
DESCRIPTION
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.
SEE ALSO
archive-nihocc(1), archive-nlmnlp(1), archive-nmcds(1), archive-pmc(1), archive-pubmed(1), archive-taxonomy(1), nquire(1), pm-clean(1), pm-prepare(1), pm-setup(1), rchive(1), xfetch(1), xfilter(1), xinfo(1), xlink(1), xsearch(1). xtract(1). NCBI 2025-05-26 ARCHIVE-PIDS(1)