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addbib



PURPOSE

Creates a bibliography.

SYNTAX


          +-------------------+
addbib ---| +---------------+ |--- database ---|
          +-| -p promptfile |-+
           ^| -a            ||
           |+---------------+|
           +-----------------+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

When this program starts up, answering "y" to the initial "Instructions?"
prompt yields directions; typing "n" or <Enter> skips them.  The addbib command
then prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses from the
terminal, and sends output records to a database.  A null response (just
<Enter>) 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 <Enter>, to quit the current session by typing "n" or "q", or
to edit the database with any system editor (vi, ex, edit, ed).

FLAGS

-a             Suppresses prompting for an abstract.  Asking for an abstract is
               the default.  Abstracts are ended with a Ctrl-D.

-p promptfile  Causes addbib to 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.

The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.  The addbib
command 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




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%C      City (place of publication)

%D      Date of publication

%E      Editor of book containing article referenced

%F      Footnote number or label (supplied by refer)

%G      Government order number

%H      Header commentary, printed before reference

%I      Issuer (publisher)

%J      Journal containing article

%K      Keywords to use in locating reference

%L      Label field used by -k option of refer

%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 (not reversed)

%R      Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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

Except for %A, each field should be given just once.  Only relevant fields
should be supplied.

EXAMPLES

An example is:

   %A    Bill Tuthill
   %T    Refer- A Bibliography System
   %I    Computing Services



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   %C    Berkeley
   %D    1982
   %O    UNX 4.3.5.

FILES

promptfile  Optional file to define prompting.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "refer,"  "sortbib,"  "roffbib," "lookbib,
indxbib."











































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