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Manual page for INDXBIB(1)

indxbib - create an inverted index to a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS

indxbib database-file...

AVAILABILITY

This command is available with the Text software installation option. Refer to [a manual with the abbreviation INSTALL] for information on how to install optional software.

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) < 1900 or > 2000. These parameters can be changed. See refer in [a manual with the abbreviation DOCS] for details.

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

BUGS

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