1indxbib(1)                       User Commands                      indxbib(1)
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NAME

6       indxbib - create an inverted index to a bibliographic database
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SYNOPSIS

9       indxbib database-file...
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DESCRIPTION

13       indxbib  makes an inverted index to the named database-file (which must
14       reside within the current directory), typically for use  by  lookbib(1)
15       and  refer(1).  A  database contains bibliographic references (or other
16       kinds of information) separated by blank lines.
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19       A bibliographic reference is a set of  lines,  constituting  fields  of
20       bibliographic  information.  Each field starts on a line beginning with
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22       of the field, which may continue until the next line starting with `%'.
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25       indxbib  is a shell script that calls two programs: /usr/lib/refer/mkey
26       and /usr/lib/refer/inv. mkey truncates words to 6 characters, and  maps
27       upper  case to lower case.  It also discards words shorter than 3 char‐
28       acters, words among the 100 most  common  English  words,  and  numbers
29       (dates) < 1000 or > 2099.  These parameters can be changed.
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32       indxbib  creates  an  entry  file  (with  a .ia suffix), a posting file
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FILES

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ATTRIBUTES

55       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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60       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
61ATTRIBUTE TYPE                ATTRIBUTE VALUE              
62       │Availability                  SUNWdoc                      │
63       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

66       addbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), attributes(5)
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BUGS

69       All dates should probably be indexed, since many disciplines  refer  to
70       literature written in the 1800s or earlier.
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77SunOS 5.11                        14 Sep 1992                       indxbib(1)
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