NAME

addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS

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 (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 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 (see vi(1), ex (1),ed(1)).

OPTIONS

-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)

%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Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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

%V

Volume number

%X

Abstract -- used by roffbib, not by refer

%Y,Z

Ignored by refer

EXAMPLES

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

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWdoc

SEE ALSO

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