addbib(1) — USER COMMANDS

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

%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%R Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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

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