lookbib

 

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 User Commands                                          lookbib(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      lookbib - find references in a bibliographic database
 


SYNOPSIS
      lookbib database
 


DESCRIPTION
      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 con-
      tinue until the next line starting with `%'.
 
      The lookbib utility uses an inverted index made  by  indxbib
      to find sets of bibliographic references.  It reads keywords
      typed after the `>' prompt on the  terminal,  and  retrieves
      records  containing  all these keywords. If nothing matches,
      nothing is returned except another `>' prompt.
 
      It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they
      have  a common index made by indxbib(1).  In that case, only
      the first argument given to indxbib is specified to lookbib.
 
      If lookbib does  not  find  the  index  files  (the  .i[abc]
      files),  it looks for a reference file with the same name as
      the argument, without the suffixes.  It creates a file  with
      a  .ig  suffix,  suitable  for use with fgrep (see grep(1)).
      lookbib then uses this fgrep file to find references.   This
      method  is simpler to use, but the .ig file is slower to use
      than the .i[abc] files, and does not allow the use of multi-
      ple reference files.
 


FILES
      x.ia
 
      x.ib
 
      x.ic  index files
 
      x.ig  reference file
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWdoc                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 User Commands                                          lookbib(1)
 
 
 


SEE ALSO
      addbib(1), grep(1), indxbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1),  sort-
      bib(1), attributes(5)
 
 BUGS
      Probably all dates should be indexed, since many disciplines
      refer to literature written in the 1800s or earlier.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    2
 
 
 

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