addbib(1BSD)         (BSD System Compatibility)         addbib(1BSD)


       NAME
             addbib - (BSD) 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




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                  %E    Editor of book containing article referenced

                  %F    Footnote number or label [supplied by refer(1BSD)]

                  %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(1BSD)

                  %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

      REFERENCES
            ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1BSD), lookbib(1BSD), refer(1BSD),
            roffbib(1BSD), sortbib(1BSD), vi(1)







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