indxbib(1)							   User Commands							indxbib(1)

NAME

       indxbib - create an inverted index to a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS

       indxbib database-file...

DESCRIPTION

       indxbib	makes  an  inverted  index to the named database-file (which must reside within the current directory), typically for use by look-
       bib(1) and refer(1). A database contains bibliographic references (or other kinds of information) separated by blank lines.

       A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of bibliographic information.  Each field starts on a line beginning  with
       a  `%', followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents of the field, which may continue until the next line starting with
       `%'.

       indxbib is a shell script that calls two programs: /usr/lib/refer/mkey and /usr/lib/refer/inv. mkey 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 num-
       bers (dates) < 1000 or > 2099.  These parameters can be changed.

       indxbib creates an entry file (with a .ia suffix), a posting file (.ib), and a tag file (.ic), in the working directory.

FILES

       /usr/lib/refer/mkey

       /usr/lib/refer/inv

       x.ia		      entry file

       x.ib		      posting file

       x.ic		      tag file

       x.ig		      reference file

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE		      ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   |
       |Availability		      SUNWdoc			   |
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       addbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), attributes(5)

BUGS

       All dates should probably be indexed, since many disciplines refer to literature written in the 1800s or earlier.

       indxbib does not recognize pathnames.

SunOS 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							indxbib(1)