(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Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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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