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diff --git a/static/v10/man7/library.7 b/static/v10/man7/library.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..50b37db6 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man7/library.7 @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.TH LIBRARY 7 +.CT 1 inst_info +.SH NAME +library, bellcat \- bell labs library services +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B library +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I item ... +] +.PP +.B bellcat +[ +.B -q +] +[ +.I database +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Library +mails orders to the Bell Labs library network for books, technical +reports, etc. +Its use is self-explanatory. +.PP +A long response may be inserted with +.B ~e +or +.B ~r +as in +.IR Mail (A). +Interaction may be forestalled by answering questions on the command line +(see example) and in a personal identity file, named in +environment variable +.B LIBFILE +.RB ( .lib +by default), +which contains one or more lines like these: +.IP +.B ID: +PAN or SSN +.br +.B LIBNAME: +last name +.br +.B LIBLOG: +log file, readable with +.B mail -f +.br +.B LIBCNTL: +concatenated search control codes: +.B a +acknowledge, +.BI m number +max on retrieved items +.br +.B LIBLOCAL: +interaction control code: +.B x +brief prompts +.LP +Most +.B LIBFILE +items may be entered as environment variables by the same names. +.PP +.I Bellcat +places a call to on-line library databases. +Once entered, +.I bellcat +is self-explanatory. +to exit. +Option +.B -q +gets a `quick search', which uses no special terminal features +and does not offer help. +.PP +Some of the databases are +.TP +.B books +(default) +.PD 0 +.TP +.B journals +.TP +.B released +released papers by Bell Labs authors +.TP +.B tech_reports +non-AT&T technical reports +.TP +.I xxx +unknown name causes a list of databases to be printed +.PD +.PP +The databases of +.I Bellcat +and more are available through the LINUS +service of the library network. +You may use the +.I library +command to sign up for LINUS. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B library -1 123456-851234-56tm +Order a technical memorandum, giving answer 1 for kind of query and +specifying a document number. +.TP +.B library -4 -p waldstein, r k +Consult the people file. +.SH FILES +.F $HOME/.lib +.br +.F /usr/lib/bellcat +.SH BUGS +Except under option +.BR -q , +.I bellcat +requires a native-mode Teletype 5620 or a (possibly simulated) +HP2621 terminal. +Under +.IR mux (9.1) +.I bellcat +invokes a simulator if necessary. +This introduces an extra level of shell, which can +can be avoided thus: +.LR "exec bellcat" . |
