addbib(1)          UNIX System V(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

            %H    Header commentary, printed before reference





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            %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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