addbib(1)							   User Commands							 addbib(1)

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       %R	Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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 -- 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

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

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

SunOS 5.10							    14 Sep 1992 							 addbib(1)