lookbib(1BSD)        (BSD System Compatibility)        lookbib(1BSD)


       NAME
             lookbib - (BSD) find references in a bibliographic database

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/lookbib database

       DESCRIPTION
             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 contents of the field, which may
             continue until the next line starting with `%'.  [See
             addbib(1BSD)].

             lookbib uses an inverted index made by indxbib to find sets of
             bibliographic references.  It reads keywords typed after the
             `>' prompt on the terminal, and retrieves records containing
             all these keywords.  If nothing matches, nothing is returned
             except another `>' prompt.

             It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they
             have a common index made by indxbib.  In that case, only the
             first argument given to indxbib is specified to lookbib.

             If lookbib does not find the index files (the .i[abc] files),
             it looks for a reference file with the same name as the
             argument, without the suffixes.  It creates a file with a .ig
             suffix, suitable for use with fgrep [see grep(1)].  lookbib
             then uses this fgrep file to find references.  This method is
             simpler to use, but the .ig file is slower to use than the
             .i[abc] files, and does not allow the use of multiple
             reference files.

       FILES
             *.ia
             *.ib      index files
             *.ic
             *.ig      reference file

       REFERENCES
             addbib(1BSD), grep(1), indxbib(1BSD), refer(1BSD),
             roffbib(1BSD), sortbib(1BSD)

       NOTICES
             Probably all dates should be indexed, since many disciplines
             refer to literature written in the 1800s or earlier.


                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1