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LOOKBIB(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       LOOKBIB(1)


NAME
     indxbib, lookbib - build inverted index for a bibliography,
     find references in a bibliography

SYNOPSIS
     indxbib database  ...
     lookbib [ -n ] database

DESCRIPTION
     Indxbib makes an inverted index to the named databases (or
     files) for use by lookbib(1) and refer(1).  These files con-
     tain bibliographic references (or other kinds of informa-
     tion) 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 /usr/libexec/refer/mkey
     and /usr/libexec/refer/inv.  The first program, mkey, trun-
     cates 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 numbers
     (dates) < 1900 or > 2000.	These parameters can be changed;
     see page 4 of the Refer document by Mike Lesk.  The second
     program, inv, creates an entry file (.ia), a posting file
     (.ib), and a tag file (.ic), all in the working directory.

     Lookbib 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 con-
     taining all these keywords.  If nothing matches, nothing is
     returned except another ``>'' prompt.

     Lookbib will ask if you need instructions, and will print
     some brief information if you reply ``y''.  The ``-n'' flag
     turns off the prompt for instructions.

     It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they
     have a common index made by indxbib. 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. It 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 multiple reference
     files.


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LOOKBIB(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       LOOKBIB(1)


FILES
     x.ia, x.ib, x.ic, where x is the first argument, or if these
     are not present, then x.ig, x

SEE ALSO
     refer(1), addbib(1), sortbib(1), roffbib(1), lookbib(1)

BUGS
     Probably all dates should be indexed, since many disciplines
     refer to literature written in the 1800s or earlier.


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