addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database
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addbib [-a] [-p promptfile] database
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)).
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.
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Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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
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 attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE Availability SUNWdoc
ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), vi(1), attributes(5)
| SunOS 5.11 | addbib (1) | 14 Sep 1992 |