| name | run-ncbi-converter |
| description | Use when launching an NCBI converter binary through the `run-ncbi-converter` wrapper that downloads and caches the platform-specific executable on demand. |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| user-invocable | true |
run-ncbi-converter
Perl bootstrap wrapper from Entrez Direct. It does not perform the conversion itself; instead it infers the current platform, downloads a named converter binary from NCBI FTP into a cache directory, unpacks it, and then execs that converter with the remaining arguments.
Quick Start
- Command:
run-ncbi-converter <converter-name> [converter-args...]
- Local executable:
/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/run-ncbi-converter
- Default cache directory:
~/.cache/ncbi-converters
When To Use This Tool
- Bootstrapping one of the NCBI converter binaries without manually downloading it first
- Reusing cached platform-specific converter executables across repeated runs
- Redirecting converter downloads into a controlled cache directory via
NCBI_CONVERTER_DIR
- Debugging why an Entrez Direct converter wrapper is failing before the actual converter starts
Common Patterns
run-ncbi-converter <converter-name> [converter-args...]
