(BSD System Compatibility)

addbib(1bsd)


addbib -- (BSD) create or extend a bibliographic database

Synopsis

   /usr/ucb/addbib [-a] [-p promptfile] database

Description

When addbib starts up, answering y to the initial Instructions? prompt yields directions; typing n or <Return> skips them. addbib then prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses from the terminal, and sends output records to database. A null response (<Return>) means to leave out that field. A ``-'' (minus sign) means to go back to the previous field. A trailing backslash allows a field to be continued on the next line. The repeating Continue? prompt allows the user either to resume by typing y or <Return>, to quit the current session by typing n or q, or to edit database with any system editor (vi, ex, ed).

The following options are available:


-a
Suppress prompting for an abstract; asking for an abstract is the default. Abstracts are ended with a CTRL-D.

-p promptfile
Use a new prompting skeleton, defined in promptfile. This file should contain prompt strings, a TAB, and the key-letters to be written to the database.

Usage

Bibliography key letters

The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below. addbib insulates you from these key-letters, since it gives you prompts in English, but if you edit the bibliography file later on, you will need to know this information.

%A
Author's name

%B
Book containing article referenced

%C
City (place of publication)

%D
Date of publication

%E
Editor of book containing article referenced

%F
Footnote number or label [supplied by refer(1bsd)]

%G
Government order number

%H
Header commentary, printed before reference

%I
Issuer (publisher)

%J
Journal containing article

%K
Keywords to use in locating reference

%L
Label field used by -k option of refer(1bsd)

%M
Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)

%N
Number within volume

%O
Other commentary, printed at end of reference

%P
Page number(s)

%Q
Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)

%R
Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)

%S
Series title

%T
Title of article or book

%V
Volume number

%X
Abstract -- used by roffbib, not by refer

%Y,Z
Ignored by refer

References

ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1bsd), lookbib(1bsd), refer(1bsd), roffbib(1bsd), sortbib(1bsd), vi(1)


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