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--- en:user_advanced:z3950 [2020/11/11 23:36] – [Using the z3950 server] kjdon
+++ en:user_advanced:z3950 [2020/11/16 20:22] – [Download through Z39.50] kjdon
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 See the [[en:user:download|download]] page for general information on downloading records through Greenstone.
-Greenstone can download records from a specified Z39.50 server from the GLI (from the Download panel) or the command line (using the ''downloadfrom.pl'' script). Either way, you are presented with five options:
+Greenstone (2 and 3) can download records from a specified Z39.50 server from the GLI (from the Download panel) or the command line (using the ''downloadfrom.pl'' script). Either way, you are presented with five options:
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 If downloading via the command line, a folder containing the files will be downloaded into the directory from which you run the script (unless the ''-cache_dir <full-path-to-folder>'' option is set).
+To see the script options, run
+<code>
+downloadfrom.pl -h   (shows the general downloading options)
+downloadfrom.pl -download_mode Z3950 -h  (shows the specific options for Z3950 mode)
+</code>
+A sample command might be
+<code>
+downloadfrom.pl -download_mode Z3950 -host lx2.loc.gov -port 210 -database LCDB_MARC8 -find "snails" -max_records 10
+</code>
+This will make a folder called lx2.loc.gov in the folder that you ran the command from.
 As the files downloaded via Z39.50 are in MARC format, they can be processed by [[en:plugin:MARCPlugin|MARCPlugin]], which must be included in the collection plugin list.