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bibtex \- make a bibliography for (La)TeX
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bibtex
-[
-.BI -min-crossrefs =number
-]
-[
-.B -terse
-]
-[
-.I auxname
-]
+.RB [ \-min-crossrefs=\fInumber\fP ]
+.RB [ \-terse ]
+.IR auxname [ \fB.aux\fP ]
.\"=====================================================================
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
@@ -33,51 +27,47 @@ or manual
.IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
.PP
\*(BX reads the top-level auxiliary
-.RI ( .aux )
-file that was output during the running of
+.RB ( .aux )
+file
+.I auxname
+that was output during the running of
.BR latex (1)
or
.BR tex (1)
and creates a bibliography
-.RI ( .bbl )
+.RB ( .bbl )
file that will be incorporated into the document on subsequent runs of
-\*(LX or \*(TX. The
-.I auxname
-on the command line must be given without the
-.I .aux
-extension. If you don't give the
-.IR auxname ,
-the program prompts you for it.
+\*(LX or \*(TX.
.PP
\*(BX looks up, in bibliographic database
-.RI ( .bib )
+.RB ( .bib )
files specified by the \\bibliography command,
the entries specified by the \\cite and \\nocite commands
in the \*(LX or \*(TX source file.
It formats the information from those entries
according to instructions in a bibliography style
-.RI ( .bst )
+.RB ( .bst )
file (specified by the \\bibliographystyle command,
and it outputs the results to the
-.I .bbl
+.B .bbl
file.
.PP
The \*(LX manual
explains what a \*(LX source file must contain to work with \*(BX.
Appendix B of the manual describes the format of the
-.I .bib
+.B .bib
files. The `\*(BXing' document describes extensions and details of
this format, and it gives other useful hints for using \*(BX.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH OPTIONS
The
-.B -min-crossrefs
+.B \-min-crossrefs
option defines the minimum number of
.B crossref
required for automatic inclusion of the crossref'd entry on the citation
list; the default is two.
With the
-.B -terse
+.B \-terse
option, \*(BX operates silently. Without it, a banner and progress
reports are printed on
.IR stdout .
@@ -86,10 +76,10 @@ reports are printed on
.SH ENVIRONMENT
\*(BX searches the directories in the
path defined by the BSTINPUTS environment variable for
-.I .bst
+.B .bst
files. If BSTINPUTS is not set, it uses the system default.
For
-.I .bib
+.B .bib
files, it uses the BIBINPUTS environment variable if that is set,
otherwise the default.
See
@@ -101,7 +91,7 @@ TEXMFOUTPUT is set, \*(BX attempts to put its output
files in it, if they cannot be put in the current directory. Again, see
.BR tex (1).
No special searching is done for the
-.I .aux
+.B .aux
file.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH FILES
@@ -127,7 +117,7 @@ template file and documentation for the standard styles
All those files should be available somewhere on your system.
.PP
The host math.utah.edu has a vast collection of
-.I .bib
+.B .bib
files available for anonymous ftp, including references for all the
standard \*(TX books and a complete bibliography for TUGboat.
.\"=====================================================================