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LIBRARY(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual LIBRARY(7) NAME library, bellcat - bell labs library services SYNOPSIS library [ option ... ] [ item ... ] bellcat [ -q ] [ database ] DESCRIPTION Library mails orders to the Bell Labs library network for books, tech- nical reports, etc. Its use is self-explanatory. A long response may be inserted with ~e or ~r as in Mail(A). Interac- tion may be forestalled by answering questions on the command line (see example) and in a personal identity file, named in environment variable LIBFILE (.lib by default), which contains one or more lines like these: ID: PAN or SSN LIBNAME: last name LIBLOG: log file, readable with mail -f LIBCNTL: concatenated search control codes: a acknowledge, mnum- ber max on retrieved items LIBLOCAL: interaction control code: x brief prompts Most LIBFILE items may be entered as environment variables by the same names. Bellcat places a call to on-line library databases. Once entered, bellcat is self-explanatory. to exit. Option -q gets a `quick search', which uses no special terminal features and does not offer help. Some of the databases are books (default) journals released released papers by Bell Labs authors tech_reports non-AT&T technical reports xxx unknown name causes a list of databases to be printed The databases of Bellcat and more are available through the LINUS ser- vice of the library network. You may use the library command to sign up for LINUS. EXAMPLES library -1 123456-851234-56tm Order a technical memorandum, giving answer 1 for kind of query and specifying a document number. library -4 -p waldstein, r k Consult the people file. FILES BUGS Except under option -q, bellcat requires a native-mode Teletype 5620 or a (possibly simulated) HP2621 terminal. Under mux(9.1) bellcat invokes a simulator if necessary. This introduces an extra level of shell, which can can be avoided thus: LIBRARY(7)