addbib man page

User Commands                                           addbib(1)



NAME
     addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
     addbib [-a] [-p promptfile] database

DESCRIPTION
     When addbib starts up, answering y to the  initial  Instruc-
     tions?  prompt  yields  directions.  Typing  n (or <RETURN>)
     skips  the  directions.  addbib  then  prompts  for  various
     bibliographic fields, reads responses from the terminal, and
     sends output records to  database.  A  null  response  (just
     <RETURN>)  means to leave out that field. A `-' (minus sign)
     means to go back to the previous field. A trailing backslash
     allows a field to be continued on the next line. The repeat-
     ing Continue? prompt allows the user  either  to  resume  by
     typing  y (or <RETURN>), to quit the current session by typ-
     ing n or q, or to edit database with any system editor  (see
     vi(1), ex(1), ed(1)).

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -a              Suppresses prompting for an abstract. Asking
                     for  an  abstract  is the default. Abstracts
                     are ended with a Control-D.



     -p promptfile   Uses a new prompting  skeleton,  defined  in
                     promptfile.  This file should contain prompt
                     strings, a <TAB>, and the key-letters to  be
                     written to the database.



USAGE
  Bibliography Key Letters
     The most common key-letters and  their  meanings  are  given
     below. addbib insulates you from these key-letters, since it
     gives you prompts in English, but if you edit the bibliogra-
     phy file later on, you will need to know this information.

     %A       Author's name



     %B       Book containing article referenced







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     %C       City (place of publication)



     %D       Date of publication



     %E       Editor of book containing article referenced



     %F       Footnote number or label (supplied by   refer)



     %G       Government order number



     %H       Header commentary, printed before reference



     %I       Issuer (publisher)



     %J       Journal containing article



     %K       Keywords to use in locating reference



     %L       Label field used by -k option of  refer



     %M       Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)



     %N       Number within volume



     %O       Other commentary, printed at end of reference






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     %P       Page number(s)



     %Q       Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)



     %R       Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)



     %S       Series title



     %T       Title of article or book



     %V       Volume number



     %X       Abstract - used by roffbib, not by refer



     %Y,Z     Ignored by refer



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Editing the bibliography file

     Except for A, each field should be  given  just  once.  Only
     relevant fields should be supplied.

     %A   Mark Twain
     %T   Life on the Mississippi
     %I   Penguin Books
     %C   New York
     %D   1978

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:








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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWdoc                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1),  roffbib(1),
     sortbib(1), vi(1), attributes(5)