[OS X TeX] .bib file

["M. Tamer Özsu"]

I believe Herb suggested that you check ~/Library/texmf directory. I am surprised that you don't see Library  listed in the pull down menu when you do Opt-Go -- I do. You can also permanently get to see your Library folder by opening the terminal and typing

sudo chflags nohidden ~/Library

Then Library should be under your home directory. You can navigate as usual to get to texmf. The structure may be something like ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/<files>. 

Incidentally, since this is a personal .bib file, there is no standard (or default) system directory where it can be; Herb was suggesting that ~/Library/texmf/bibtex is where most people (me included) put their .bib files. Two things I can further suggest:

1) I am assuming you have already checked the directory where the relevant .tex files are located? Many people also keep the relevant .bib files relevant to a writing project in the directory with the .tex files.

2) You may wish to check the \bibliography{} command in the root .tex folder. Perhaps this will include a path specification to where the files are. If no path is specified, than the .bib file is either in the same directory as the root file or in the ~/Library/texmf directory (since you indicated /Library/TeX/Local directory is empty).

Best.

==Tamer

On Jul 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <Zbigniew.Nitecki at tufts.edu> wrote:

> Well, I am not sure how worried I should be now.  Your instructions did remind me of the Opt-Go feature to find ~/Library.  But when I do that, now I get no Library folder.  Similarly, if I use Shift-Opt-Go and look for /Library/TeX/Local, I do get such a folder, and inside it a bib folder, and inside it a folder called local, but it is empty.  So I am still at a loss for where TeXShop is finding a .bib file.
> On Jun 30, 2014, at 17:48, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 30, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <Zbigniew.Nitecki at tufts.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> This is a pretty stupid question, and I am ashamed to have to ask it, but….where do .bib files normally reside?  I have noticed that a book on which I am working has some problems with the formatting of biblio entries, but it has been a while since I worked with the .bib files, and now I have forgotten where to look for them.  Unfortunately the search utility turns up a number of .bib files with the appropriate name, but after changing all of them I still haven't fixed the problem.  So I assume there is a "hidden" version which is really being used, and I need help finding it.
>>> 
>>> Zbigniew Nitecki
>>> Department of Mathematics
>>> Tufts University
>>> Medford, MA 02155
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I assume you're using a recent TeX Live as installed by the MacTeX installer package. Personal .bib files should be stored in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib (remember that ~/Library is the Library folder in your HOME folder --- assuming you're using OS X 10.7 or later, hold the Opt key down while clicking on the Go menu in Finder and a Library item will appear. Note: this is NOT /Library but ~/Library).
>> 
>> You can also put .bib files in the texmf-local tree which you can get to by opening /Library/TeX/Local (NOTE: here it's /Library, NOT ~/Library) and they reside in bibtex/bib (the same as in your Personal Tree which starts at ~/Library/texmf). The Distribution's bib files are stared in the texmf-dist tree at bibtex/bib.
>> 
>> Note: bibtex will search first in your Personal tree, then in the texmf-local tree and finally in the texmf-dist tree and use the first .bib file with a matching name.
>> 
>> PS: it's actually a bit more complicated but this should help you.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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