addbib(1)                USER COMMANDS                  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  Instruc-
     tions?   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 pre-
     vious field.  A trailing backslash allows a field to be con-
     tinued  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 data-
     base 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

          %H   Header commentary, printed before reference



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addbib(1)                USER COMMANDS                  addbib(1)



          %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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