indxbib(1)              (BSD Compatibility Package)              indxbib(1)

NAME
     indxbib - create an inverted index to a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/indxbib database-file ...

DESCRIPTION
     indxbib makes an inverted index to the named database-file (which must
     reside within the current directory), typically for use by lookbib and
     refer. A database contains bibliographic references (or other kinds of
     information) separated by blank lines.

     A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of
     bibliographic information. Each field starts on a line beginning with
     a "%", followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the con-
     tents of the field, which may continue until the next line starting
     with "%" (see addbib).

     indxbib is a shell script that calls two programs: mkey and inv. mkey
     truncates words to 6 characters, and maps upper case to lower case. It
     also discards words shorter than 3 characters, words among the 100
     most common English words, and numbers (dates) < 1900 or > 2000. These
     parameters can be changed.

     indxbib creates an entry file (with a .ia suffix), a posting file
     (.ib), and a tag file (.ic), in the working directory.

NOTES
     All dates should probably be indexed, since many disciplines refer to
     literature written in the 1800s or earlier.

     indxbib does not recognize pathnames.

FILES
     /usr/ucblib/reftools/mkey

     /usr/ucblib/reftools/inv

     *.ia     entry file

     *.ib     posting file

     *.ic     tag file

     *.ig     reference file

SEE ALSO
     addbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1).







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