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.\"     @(#)addbib.1	6.3 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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.Dd July 24, 1990
.Os BSD 4.2
.Dt ADDBIB 1
.Sh NAME
.Nm addbib
.Nd create or extend bibliographic database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm addbib
.Op Fl p Ar promptfile
.Op Fl a
.Ar database
.Sh DESCRIPTION
When this program starts up, answering
.Ql y
to the initial
.Ql Instructions?
prompt yields directions;
typing
.Ql n
or
.Ql RETURN
skips them.
.Nm Addbib
then prompts for various bibliographic fields,
reads responses from the terminal,
and sends output records to a
.Ar database .
A null response (just
.Ql RETURN )
means to leave out that field.
A minus sign
.Ql \-
means to go back to the previous field.
A trailing backslash allows a field to be continued on the next line.
The repeating
.Ql Continue?
prompt allows the user
either to resume by typing
.Ql y
or
.Ql RETURN ,
to quit the current session by typing
.Ql n
or
.Ql q ,
or to edit the
.Ar database
with any system editor (.e.g.
.Xr vi ,
.Xr ex ,
.Xr edit ,
.Xr ed ) .
.Pp
The
.Fl a
option suppresses prompting for an abstract;
asking for an abstract is the default.
Abstracts are ended with a
.Ql CTRL-d .
The
.Fl p
option causes
.Nm addbib
to use a new prompting skeleton, defined in
.Ar promptfile .
This file should contain prompt strings, a tab,
and the key-letters to be written to the
.Ar database .
.Pp
The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.
.Nm 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.
.Dw \&%Y,Z
.Dp \&%A
Author's name
.Dp \&%B
Book containing article referenced
.Dp \&%C
City (place of publication)
.Dp \&%D
Date of publication
.Dp \&%E
Editor of book containing article referenced
.Dp \&%F
Footnote number or label (supplied by
.Xr refer )
.Dp \&%G
Government order number
.Dp \&%H
Header commentary, printed before reference
.Dp \&%I
Issuer (publisher)
.Dp \&%J
Journal containing article
.Dp \&%K
Keywords to use in locating reference
.Dp \&%L
Label field used by
.Fl k
option of
.Xr refer
.Dp \&%M
Memorandum label
.Dp \&%N
Number within volume
.Dp \&%O
Other commentary, printed at end of reference
.Dp \&%P
Page number(s)
.Dp \&%Q
Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)
.Dp \&%R
Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)
.Dp \&%S
Series title
.Dp \&%T
Title of article or book
.Dp \&%V
Volume number
.Dp \&%X
Abstract \(em used by
.Xr roffbib ,
not by
.Xr refer
.Dp \&%Y,Z
ignored by
.Xr refer
.Dp
.Pp
Except for `A', each field should be given just once.
Only relevant fields should be supplied.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dw \&%Y,Z
.Dp %A
Bill Tuthill
.Dp %T
Refer \(em A Bibliography System
.Dp %I
Computing Services
.Dp %C
Berkeley
.Dp %D
1982
.Dp %O
\s-1UNX\s0 4.3.5.
.Dp
.Sh FILES
.Dw promptfile
.Di L
.Dp Pa promptfile
optional file to define prompting
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr refer 1 ,
.Xr sortbib 1 ,
.Xr roffbib 1 ,
.Xr indxbib 1 ,
.Xr lookbib 1
.Sh HISTORY
appeared in 4.2 BSD.
.Sh AUTHORS
Al Stangenberger, Bill Tuthill