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).

OPTIONS
     -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

          %I      Issuer (publisher)




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          %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          %R      Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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(1), not by refer(1)

          %Y, %Z  Ignored by refer(1)

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























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