BIBTEX(1)                USER COMMANDS                  BIBTEX(1)



NAME
     bibtex - make a bibliography for TeX

SYNOPSIS
     bibtex [aux_file_name]

DESCRIPTION
     BibTeX reads the top-level auxiliary (.aux)  file  that  was
     output during a running of tex(1) and creates a bibliography
     (.bbl) file that will be incorporated into the  document  on
     subsequent runs.  The aux_file_name on the command line must
     be given without the .aux extension.  If you don't give  the
     aux_file_name, the program prompts you for it.

     BibTeX looks up, in bibliography database (.bib) files,  the
     entries  specified  by  the  (for example) \cite and \nocite
     commands in the source file.   It  formats  the  information
     from  those  entries  according  to  instructions in a style
     (.bst) file, and it outputs the results to the .bbl file.

     The LaTeX manual (a.k.a.  LaTeX  -  A  Document  Preparation
     System,  by  Leslie  Lamport,  published  by Addison-Wesley)
     explains what a LaTeX source file must contain to work  with
     BibTeX.  Appendix B of the LaTeX manual describes the format
     of the .bib files. The `BibTeXing' document by Oren  Patash-
     nik  describes extensions and details of this format, and it
     gives other useful hints for using BibTeX.

     BibTeX can be used with formats other than LaTeX; in partic-
     ular, the eplain macros support BibTeX.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     bibtex searches the directories in the path defined  by  the
     TEXINPUTS environment variable for .bst files.  If TEXINPUTS
     is not set, it uses the system default: .  For  .bib  files,
     it uses the BIBINPUTS environment variable in a similar way.
     The default path there is: .,TeX:bibinputs.  See tex(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 tex(1).  No special searching  is  done  for  the
     .aux file.

FILES
     TeX:inputs/bst/*.bst     standard style files

     btxdoc.tex               `BibTeXing' - LaTeXable  documenta-
                              tion for general BibTeX users

     btxhak.tex               `Designing BibTeX Styles' -  LaTeX-
                              able    documentation   for   style
                              designers



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BIBTEX(1)                USER COMMANDS                  BIBTEX(1)



     btxdoc.bib               database file for those  two  docu-
                              ments

     xampl.bib                database file with examples of  all
                              standard entry types

     btxbst.doc               template file and documentation for
                              the standard styles

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

SEE ALSO
     latex(1), tex(1)

AUTHOR
     Oren Patashnik, Stanford University.






































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