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 cur-
       rent 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       %R      Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)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 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							 addbib(1)