indxbib(1)                                             indxbib(1)



NAME
     indxbib - builds an inverted index for a bibliography

SYNOPSIS
     indxbib [database]...  [file]...

ARGUMENTS
     database
          Specifies the database from which to make the index.

     file Specifies the file from which to make the index.

DESCRIPTION
     indxbib makes an inverted index to the named databases or
     files for use by lookbib and refer.  These files contain
     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 %.

     The indxbib command is a shell script that calls
     /usr/lib/refer/mkey and /usr/lib/refer/inv.  The first
     program, mkey, truncates words to 6 characters, and maps
     uppercase to lowercase.  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 refer(1).  The second program, inv, creates
     an entry file (.ia), a posting file (.ib), and a tag file
     (.ic), all in the working directory.

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

FILES
     /usr/ucb/indxbib
          Executable file
     file.ia
          Output file where file is the name of the file or
          database
     file.ib
          Output file where file is the name of the file or
          database
     file.ic
          Output file where file is the name of the file or
          database
     file.ig
          Output file where file is the name of the file or



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indxbib(1)                                             indxbib(1)



          database

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



















































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