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NNAAMMEE
       bibtex - make a bibliography for (La)TeX

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       bbiibbtteexx [ --mmiinn--ccrroossssrreeffss_=_n_u_m_b_e_r ] [ --tteerrssee ] [ _a_u_x_n_a_m_e ]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The com-
       plete documentation for this version of TeX can  be  found
       in the info file or manual _W_e_b_2_C_: _A _T_e_X _i_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n.

       BibTeX  reads the top-level auxiliary (_._a_u_x) file that was
       output during the running of llaatteexx(1) or tteexx(1)  and  cre-
       ates  a bibliography (_._b_b_l) file that will be incorporated
       into the document on subsequent runs of LaTeX or TeX.  The
       _a_u_x_n_a_m_e on the command line must be given without the _._a_u_x
       extension.  If you don't give  the  _a_u_x_n_a_m_e,  the  program
       prompts you for it.

       BibTeX  looks  up,  in bibliographic database (_._b_i_b) files
       specified by the \bibliography command, the entries speci-
       fied by the \cite and \nocite commands in the LaTeX or TeX
       source  file.   It  formats  the  information  from  those
       entries  according to instructions in a bibliography style
       (_._b_s_t) file (specified by the \bibliographystyle  command,
       and it outputs the results to the _._b_b_l file.

       The  LaTeX  manual  explains what a LaTeX source file must
       contain to work with BibTeX.  Appendix  B  of  the  manual
       describes  the  format  of the _._b_i_b files. The `BibTeXing'
       document describes extensions and details of this  format,
       and it gives other useful hints for using BibTeX.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       The  --mmiinn--ccrroossssrreeffss  option  defines the minimum number of
       ccrroossssrreeff required for automatic inclusion  of  the  cross-
       ref'd  entry  on  the  citation  list; the default is two.
       With the --tteerrssee option, BibTeX operates silently.  Without
       it, a banner and progress reports are printed on _s_t_d_o_u_t.


EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT
       BibTeX searches the directories in the path defined by the
       BSTINPUTS environment variable for _._b_s_t files.  If  BSTIN-
       PUTS  is  not  set,  it uses the system default.  For _._b_i_b
       files, it uses the BIBINPUTS environment variable if  that
       is set, otherwise the default.  See tteexx(1) for the details
       of the searching.

       If the environment variable  TEXMFOUTPUT  is  set,  BibTeX
       attempts  to put its output files in it, if they cannot be
       put in the current directory.  Again, see tteexx(1).  No spe-
       cial searching is done for the _._a_u_x file.




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FFIILLEESS
       _*_._b_s_t  Bibliography style files.

       _b_t_x_d_o_c_._t_e_x
              ``BibTeXing'' - LaTeXable documentation for general
              BibTeX users

       _b_t_x_h_a_k_._t_e_x
              ``Designing BibTeX Styles'' - LaTeXable  documenta-
              tion for style designers

       _b_t_x_d_o_c_._b_i_b
              database file for those two documents

       _x_a_m_p_l_._b_i_b
              database file giving examples of all standard entry
              types

       _b_t_x_b_s_t_._d_o_c
              template file and documentation  for  the  standard
              styles

       All those files should be available somewhere on your sys-
       tem.

       The host math.utah.edu has a vast collection of _._b_i_b files
       available  for anonymous ftp, including references for all
       the standard TeX books and  a  complete  bibliography  for
       TUGboat.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       llaatteexx(1), tteexx(1).
       Leslie  Lamport,  _L_a_T_e_X  _-  _A _D_o_c_u_m_e_n_t _P_r_e_p_a_r_a_t_i_o_n _S_y_s_t_e_m,
       Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Oren  Patashnik,  Stanford  University.   This  man   page
       describes  the  web2c  version  of BibTeX.  Other ports of
       BibTeX, such as Donald Knuth's version using the Sun  Pas-
       cal  compiler,  do not have the same path searching imple-
       mentation, or the command-line options.
















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