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.TH indxbib 1 "14 Sep 1992" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
indxbib \- create an inverted index to a bibliographic database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBindxbib\fR \fIdatabase-file\fR...
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBindxbib\fR makes an inverted index to the named \fIdatabase-file\fR (which
must reside within the current directory), typically for use by
\fBlookbib\fR(1) and \fBrefer\fR(1). A \fIdatabase\fR contains bibliographic
references (or other kinds of information) separated by blank lines.
.sp
.LP
A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of
bibliographic information.  Each field starts on a line beginning with a
`\fB%\fR', followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents of
the field, which may continue until the next line starting with `\fB%\fR'.
.sp
.LP
\fBindxbib\fR is a shell script that calls two programs:
\fB/usr/lib/refer/mkey\fR and \fB/usr/lib/refer/inv\fR. \fBmkey\fR truncates
words to 6 characters, and maps upper case to lower case.  It also discards
words shorter than 3 characters, words among the 100 most common English words,
and numbers (dates) < 1000 or > 2099.  These parameters can be changed.
.sp
.LP
\fBindxbib\fR creates an entry file (with a \fB\&.ia\fR suffix), a posting file
(\fB\&.ib\fR), and a tag file (\fB\&.ic\fR), in the working directory.
.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/refer/mkey\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
.rt  

.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/refer/inv\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
.rt  

.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIx\fR\fB\&.ia\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
.rt  
entry file
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIx\fR\fB\&.ib\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
.rt  
posting file
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIx\fR\fB\&.ic\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
.rt  
tag file
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIx\fR\fB\&.ig\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
.rt  
reference file
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBaddbib\fR(1), \fBlookbib\fR(1), \fBrefer\fR(1), \fBroffbib\fR(1),
\fBsortbib\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH BUGS
.sp
.LP
All dates should probably be indexed, since many disciplines refer to
literature written in the 1800s or earlier.
.sp
.LP
\fBindxbib\fR does not recognize pathnames.