ARCHIVE-NLMNLP(1)

✨ ARCHIVE-NLMNLP(1) ✨

okay bestie so this is archive-nlmnlp from the NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual and honestly? it's giving glow-up for your local data archive 💅

💖 NAME 💖

archive-nlmnlp — maintain a local BioConcepts (PubTator) and GeneRifs archive

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

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

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like. archive-nlmnlp sets up a directory to be the home of your very own local BioConcepts (PubTator) and GeneRifs archive 🏠✨ then it goes and downloads a full database dump from NCBI's servers, organizes that dump into an rchive(1) trie, and refreshes the versioned records. it's giving organized queen energy 👑

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

• [-]daily — also produce or update an inverted index while you're at it 🗂️ lowkey the multitasking option.
• [-][re]index — fully reindex, complete with an inverted index. the whole thing. no crumbs left behind 💅
• [-]clean|[-]clear|[-]scrub|[-]scour|[-]scratch|[-]erase — delete Scratch directories 🧹 so many names for the same slay.
• -ftp — download the needed data via FTP. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get ✨
• -http[s] — download the needed data via HTTPS 🔒 secure little icon.

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE — the local archive directory to use. it's expected to hold an absolute path — no relative nonsense bestie, absolute only 📍
• EDIRECT_LOCAL_WORKING — the directory that holds intermediate subtrees. also expected to hold an absolute path. when it's not set, it defaults to the local archive directory 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

archive-nihocc(1), archive-nmcds(1), archive-pids(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). the whole friend group fr fr 💕 go say hi to all of them.

and that's the page!! brought to you by NCBI, dated 2025-05-26 — mwah, go archive something iconic 💋🌺