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 ADDBIB 1 "Sep 14, 1992"
 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
the directions. 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

The following options are supported:
-a

Suppresses prompting for an abstract. Asking 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 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Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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 \(em 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


 SEE ALSO

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