1ADDBIB(1)                   General Commands Manual                  ADDBIB(1)
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NAME

6       addbib - create or extend bibliographic database
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SYNOPSIS

9       addbib  [ -p  promptfile ]  [ -a ]  database
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DESCRIPTION

12       When  this program starts up, answering ``y'' to the initial ``Instruc‐
13       tions?'' prompt yields directions; typing ``n'' or RETURN  skips  them.
14       Addbib  then  prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses
15       from the terminal, and sends output records  to  a  database.   A  null
16       response (just RETURN) means to leave out that field.  A minus sign (-)
17       means to go back to the previous field.  A trailing backslash allows  a
18       field  to  be  continued on the next line.  The repeating ``Continue?''
19       prompt allows the user either to resume by typing ``y'' or  RETURN,  to
20       quit the current session by typing ``n'' or ``q'', or to edit the data‐
21       base with any system editor (vi, ex, edit, ed).
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23       The -a option suppresses prompting  for  an  abstract;  asking  for  an
24       abstract  is  the  default.  Abstracts are ended with a CTRL-d.  The -p
25       option causes addbib to  use  a  new  prompting  skeleton,  defined  in
26       promptfile.   This  file  should contain prompt strings, a tab, and the
27       key-letters to be written to the database.
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29       The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.  Addbib
30       insulates  you  from  these  key-letters, since it gives you prompts in
31       English, but if you edit the bibliography file later on, you will  need
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34            %A   Author's name
35            %B   Book containing article referenced
36            %C   City (place of publication)
37            %D   Date of publication
38            %E   Editor of book containing article referenced
39            %F   Footnote number or label (supplied by refer)
40            %G   Government order number
41            %H   Header commentary, printed before reference
42            %I   Issuer (publisher)
43            %J   Journal containing article
44            %K   Keywords to use in locating reference
45            %L   Label field used by -k option of refer
46            %M   Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)
47            %N   Number within volume
48            %O   Other commentary, printed at end of reference
49            %P   Page number(s)
50            %Q   Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)
51            %R   Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)
52            %S   Series title
53            %T   Title of article or book
54            %V   Volume number
55            %X   Abstract — used by roffbib, not by refer
56            %Y,Z ignored by refer
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58       Except  for  `A',  each field should be given just once.  Only relevant
59       fields should be supplied.  An example is:
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61            %A   Bill Tuthill
62            %T   Refer — A Bibliography System
63            %I   Computing Services
64            %C   Berkeley
65            %D   1982
66            %O   UNX 4.3.5.
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FILES

70       promptfile     optional file to define prompting
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SEE ALSO

73       refer(1), sortbib(1), roffbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1)
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AUTHORS

76       Al Stangenberger, Bill Tuthill
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804.2 Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                       ADDBIB(1)
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