NAME

pubindex − make inverted bibliographic index

SYNOPSIS

pubindex [ file ] ... 

DESCRIPTION

Pubindex makes a hashed inverted index to the named files for use by refer(1). The files contain bibliographic references separated by blank lines.  A bibliographic reference is a set of lines that contain bibliographic information fields.  Each field starts on a line beginning with a ‘%’, followed by a key-letter, followed by a blank, and followed by the contents of the field, which continues until the next line starting with ‘%’.  The most common key-letters and the corresponding fields are:

AAuthor name
BTitle of book containing article referenced
CCity
DDate
dAlternate date
EEditor of book containing article referenced
GGovernment (CFSTI) order number
IIssuer (publisher)
JJournal
KOther keywords to use in locating reference
MTechnical memorandum number
NIssue number within volume
OOther commentary to be printed at end of reference
PPage numbers
RReport number
rAlternate report number
TTitle of article, book, etc.
VVolume number
XCommentary unused by pubindex

Except for ‘A’, each field should only be given once.  Only relevant fields should be supplied.  An example is:

%T 5-by-5 Palindromic Word Squares
%A M. D. McIlroy
%J Word Ways
%V 9
%P 199-202
%D 1976

FILES

x.ia, x.ib, x.ic where x is the first argument. 

SEE ALSO

refer(1)

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