---
name: "download-pmc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/download-pmc"
---

# download-pmc(1)

download an NCBI PubMed Central archive dump

## NAME

download-pmc - download an NCBI PubMed Central archive dump

## SYNOPSIS

**download-pmc** \[**-ftp**\|**-http**\[**s**\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**download-pmc** downloads a copy of NCBI's PubMed Central archive to the current directory.

## OPTIONS

- **-ftp**

  Download needed data via FTP (default).

- **-http**\[**s**\]

  Download needed data via HTTPS.

## SEE ALSO

[**archive-pmc**(1)](/archive-pmc/1.md), [**download-flatfile**(1)](/download-flatfile/1.md), [**download-ncbi-data**(1)](/download-ncbi-data/1.md), [**download-pubmed**(1)](/download-pubmed/1.md), [**download-sequence**(1)](/download-sequence/1.md), [**nquire**(1)](/nquire/1.md), [**pm-prepare**(1)](/pm-prepare/1.md), [**refseq-nm-cds**(1)](/refseq-nm-cds/1.md), [**xfetch**(1)](/xfetch/1.md), [**xinfo**(1)](/xinfo/1.md), [**xlink**(1)](/xlink/1.md), [**xsearch**(1)](/xsearch/1.md).