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Rchive Linux by vimalinx — Agent Skill

Name: Rchive Linux
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: vimalinx

File contents

rchive-linux

Linux platform binary for EDirect local archiving and postings management. It can archive XML records, build inverted indices, promote postings, and run word/phrase queries against a prepared local postings directory.

Quick Start

Command: rchive.Linux [options]
Local executable: /home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/rchive.Linux
Version seen locally: 24.0

When To Use This Tool

Running the compiled Linux backend for local EDirect archive/index operations
Building Entrez-style archive and postings infrastructure from XML input
Querying an already prepared postings directory with -query, -count, or -counts
Debugging raw rchive backend behavior separately from the wrapper script

Common Patterns

# Show direct binary help
rchive.Linux -help

# Build Entrez index XML from XML input
cat records.xml | rchive.Linux -strict -e2index

# Query an existing postings directory
rchive.Linux -path /path/to/Postings -query 'dna repair'

Recommended Workflow

Use rchive.Linux -help to choose the right archive/index stage.
Separate build-stage operations (-e2index, -e2invert, -merge, -promote) from query-stage operations (-query, -count, -counts).
Only run query/count modes after a valid postings directory has been prepared and supplied.
Prefer the public rchive wrapper if you want the platform-dispatch layer instead of direct Linux binding.

Guardrails

rchive.Linux -help and rchive.Linux -version both work here and report version 24.0.
Query-like modes are not self-contained. In local testing, rchive.Linux -count dna against ad hoc stdin failed with Unable to get folder Postings for database pubmed.
The built-in help shows -archive/-fetch/-stream for local record caches and -e2index/-e2invert/-join/-fuse/-merge/-promote for postings construction.
Do not treat this as a generic XML transformer; it expects either archive/index workflows or an already prepared postings environment.

---name: rchive-linuxdescription: Use when calling the Linux-specific compiled `rchive.Linux` binary directly to build, query, or manage local XML archives and postings indices.--- # rchive-linux Linux platform binary for EDirect local archiving and postings management. It can archive XML records, build inverted indices, promote postings, and run word/phrase queries against a prepared local postings directory. ## Quick Start - **Command:** `rchive.Linux [options]` - **Local executable:** `/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/rchive.Linux` - **Version seen locally:** `24.0` ## When To Use This Tool - Running the compiled Linux backend for local EDirect archive/index operations - Building Entrez-style archive and postings infrastructure from XML input - Querying an already prepared postings directory with `-query`, `-count`, or `-counts` - Debugging raw `rchive` backend behavior separately from the wrapper script ## Common Patterns ```bash # Show direct binary help rchive.Linux -help ``` ```bash # Build Entrez index XML from XML input cat records.xml | rchive.Linux -strict -e2index ``` ```bash # Query an existing postings directory rchive.Linux -path /path/to/Postings -query 'dna repair' ``` ## Recommended Workflow 1. Use `rchive.Linux -help` to choose the right archive/index stage. 2. Separate build-stage operations (`-e2index`, `-e2invert`, `-merge`, `-promote`) from query-stage operations (`-query`, `-count`, `-counts`). 3. Only run query/count modes after a valid postings directory has been prepared and supplied. 4. Prefer the public `rchive` wrapper if you want the platform-dispatch layer instead of direct Linux binding. ## Guardrails - `rchive.Linux -help` and `rchive.Linux -version` both work here and report version `24.0`. - Query-like modes are not self-contained. In local testing, `rchive.Linux -count dna` against ad hoc stdin failed with `Unable to get folder Postings for database pubmed`. - The built-in help shows `-archive`/`-fetch`/`-stream` for local record caches and `-e2index`/`-e2invert`/`-join`/`-fuse`/`-merge`/`-promote` for postings construction. - Do not treat this as a generic XML transformer; it expects either archive/index workflows or an already prepared postings environment.

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