1indxbib(1) User Commands indxbib(1)
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6 indxbib - create an inverted index to a bibliographic database
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9 indxbib database-file...
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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
21 a `%', followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents
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
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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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55 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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60 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
61 │ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
62 │Availability SUNWdoc │
63 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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66 addbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), attributes(5)
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77SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 indxbib(1)