addbib(1) - osol9

1addbib(1)                        User Commands                       addbib(1)
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NAME

6       addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database
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SYNOPSIS

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

13       When  addbib starts up, answering y to the initial Instructions? prompt
14       yields directions. Typing n (or RETURN) skips  the  directions.  addbib
15       then prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses from the
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17       RETURN)  means  to leave out that field. A `−' (minus sign) means to go
18       back to the previous field. A trailing backslash allows a field  to  be
19       continued  on  the next line. The repeating Continue? prompt allows the
20       user either to resume by typing y (or RETURN), to quit the current ses‐
21       sion by typing n or q, or to edit database with any system editor  (see
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OPTIONS

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27       -a               Suppresses prompting for an abstract.  Asking  for  an
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USAGE

38   Bibliography Key Letters
39       The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.  addbib
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EXAMPLES

114       Example 1 Editing the bibliography file
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121         %A   Mark Twain
122         %T   Life on the Mississippi
123         %I   Penguin Books
124         %C   New York
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ATTRIBUTES

130       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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135       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
136       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
137       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
138       │Availability                 │SUNWdoc                      │
139       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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