a7e37b9dfa1c8e2c3e135d08a8ee873a2e855d47 mspeir Mon Nov 3 16:47:06 2025 -0800 removing references to hgdownload-euro, refs #35031 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html index 404e03c2c20..b15951eec37 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/hgTracksHelp.html @@ -1384,56 +1384,53 @@ version of LiftOver, we require all for-profit businesses or commercial companies to purchase a license to support our small team.

Downloading genome data

Most of the underlying tables containing the genomic sequence and annotation data displayed in the Genome Browser can be downloaded. All of the tables are freely usable for any purpose except as indicated in the README.txt file in the download directories. This data was contributed by many researchers, as listed on the Genome Browser Credits page. Please acknowledge the contributor(s) of the data you use.

Downloading the data

Genome data can be downloaded in different ways using our North American and European download -servers, hgdownload, hgdownload2, and hgdownload-euro.

+servers, hgdownload and hgdownload2.

Via rsync:
The UCSC Genome Browser hgdownload server contains download directories for all genome versions currently accessible in the Genome Browser. Either of the following rsync commands can quickly and efficiently download large files to your current directory (./).
rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/path/file ./
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rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload2.soe.ucsc.edu/path/file ./
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rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu/path/file ./
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rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload2.gi.ucsc.edu/path/file ./
To download an entire directory (note the trailing slash), you would use an expression such as:
rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/directory/ ./
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rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload2.soe.ucsc.edu/directory/ ./
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rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu/directory/ ./
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rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload2.gi.ucsc.edu/directory/ ./
For more information please click here.
Via ftp:
The UCSC Genome Browser FTP server contains download directories for all genome versions currently accessible in the Genome Browser. The FTP URLs ftp://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/, - ftp://hgdownload2.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/, + ftp://hgdownload2.gi.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/, or - ftp://hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/ will take you to a directory that contains the genome download directories. This download method is not recommended if you plan to download a large file or multiple files from a single directory compared to rsync (see above). You can, however, use the mget command to download multiple files: mget filename1 filename2, or mget -a (to download all the files in the directory).
Via the Downloads link:
Click the Downloads link on the left side bar on the UCSC Genome Browser home page to display a list of all database directories available for download. If the data you wish to download pre-dates the assembly versions listed, look for the data on our Downloads page.
Via the REST API: