addbib(1)               (BSD Compatibility Package)               addbib(1)


   NAME
         addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/ucb/addbib [ -a ] [ -p promptfile ] database

   DESCRIPTION
         When addbib starts up, answering y to the initial Instructions?
         prompt yields directions; typing n or RETURN skips them.  addbib then
         prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses from the
         terminal, and sends output records to database.  A null response
         (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 repeating Continue?  prompt
         allows the user either to resume by typing y or RETURN, to quit the
         current session by typing n or q, or to edit database with any system
         editor (vi, ex, ed).

         The following options are available:

         -a    Suppress prompting for an abstract; asking for an abstract is
               the default.  Abstracts are ended with a CTRL-D.

         -p promptfile
               Use 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 bibliography file later on,
         you will need to know this information.

               %A    Author's name

               %B    Book containing article referenced

               %C    City (place of publication)

               %D    Date of publication

               %E    Editor of book containing article referenced

               %F    Footnote number or label (supplied by refer(1))

               %G    Government order number





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               %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(1)

               %M    Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)

               %N    Number within volume

               %O    Other commentary, printed at end of reference

               %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

   SEE ALSO
         indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1),

         ed(1), ex(1), vi(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

















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