edict(1)

edict1

Http server for edirect local pubmed archive and search system

Usage

edict [-host host] [-port port]

Overview

edict offers an HTTP interface for querying a local Entrez Direct archive.

Options

-host host

Listen on a specific network interface. In particular, -host localhost will disallow remote connections.

-port port

Listen on the given TCP port (8080 by default).

Environment

EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE

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

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13

From ncbi-entrez-direct 24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.