User Commands                                           addbib(1)



NAME
     addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
     addbib [-a] [-p promptfile] database


DESCRIPTION
     When addbib starts up, answering y to the  initial  Instruc-
     tions?  prompt yields directions. Typing n (or RETURN) skips
     the directions. addbib  then  prompts  for  various  biblio-
     graphic fields, reads responses from the terminal, and sends
     output records to database. A null  response  (just  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 Con-
     tinue? 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   (see  vi(1),
     ex(1), ed(1)).

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -a               Suppresses prompting for an abstract.  Ask-
                      ing   for   an  abstract  is  the  default.
                      Abstracts are ended with a Control-D.


     -p promptfile    Uses 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 bibliogra-
     phy file later on, you will need to know this information.

     %A      Author's name


     %B      Book containing article referenced


     %C      City (place of publication)






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     %D      Date of publication


     %E      Editor of book containing article referenced


     %F      Footnote number or label (supplied by   refer)


     %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


     %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






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     %V      Volume number


     %X      Abstract - used by roffbib, not by refer


     %Y,Z    Ignored by refer


EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Editing the bibliography file


     Except for A, each field should be  given  just  once.  Only
     relevant fields should be supplied.


       %A   Mark Twain
       %T   Life on the Mississippi
       %I   Penguin Books
       %C   New York
       %D   1978



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWdoc                     
    


SEE ALSO
     ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1),  roffbib(1),
     sortbib(1), vi(1), attributes(5)














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