miktex-bibtex

## Name

miktex-bibtex — make a bibliography for LaTeX

## Synopsis

`miktex-bibtex` [`option`...] `auxfile`

## Description

This man page is an adaption of the corresponding TeX Live man page.

BibTeX reads the top-level auxiliary (`.aux`) file that was output during the running of miktex-latex(1) miktex-tex(1) and creates a bibliography (`.bbl`) file that will be incorporated into the document on subsequent runs of LaTeX or TeX.

BibTeX looks up, in bibliographic database (`.bib`) files specified by the \bibliography command, the entries specified 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 (`.bst`) file (specified by the \bibliographystyle command, and it outputs the results to the `.bbl` file.

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

## Options

`--alias=`name``

  Pretend to be program `name`, i.e., set program (and memory dump) name to `name`. This may affect the search paths and other values used. Using this option is equivalent to copying the program file to ``name`` and invoking ``name``.

`--disable-installer`

  Disable automatic installation of packages. Specifying this option overrules settings in the MiKTeX configuration data store.

`--enable-installer`

  Enable automatic installation of packages. Specifying this option overrules settings in the MiKTeX configuration data store.

`--help`

  Give help and exit.

`--hhelp`

  This option is only available on Windows systems: show the manual page in an HTML Help window and exit when the window is closed.

`--include-directory=`dir``

  Add the directory `dir` to the head of the list of directories to be searched for input files.

`--min-crossrefs=`n``

  Defines the minimum number of crossrefs required for automatic inclusion of the crossref'd entry on the citation list; the default is two.

`--quiet`

  Suppress all output, except errors.

`--record-package-usages=`file``

  Record all package usages and write them into `file`.

`--trace[=`tracestreams`]`

  Enable trace messages. The `tracestreams` argument, if specified, is a comma-separated list of trace stream names (Chapter 9, Trace Streams).

`--version`

  Show version information and exit.

## Environment

`BIBINPUTS`

  Extra paths to locate `.bib` files.

`BSTINPUTS`

  Extra paths to locate `.bst` files.

`MIKTEX_TRACE`

  Comma-separated list of trace stream names (see Chapter 9, Trace Streams). If this variable is set, then MiKTeX programs will write trace messages into the configured log sink.

## See Also

miktex-latex(1), miktex-tex(1)

978-0201529838. LaTeX: A Document Preparation System. 2nd Edition. Leslie Lamport. Addison-Wesley. 1994.