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
lookbib(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 numbers (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

SEE ALSO

addbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1),
attributes(7)

BUGS

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


indxbib does not recognize pathnames.

September 14, 1992 INDXBIB(1)