(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%R: Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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)