miktex-bibtex 1 &PACKAGE_NAME; &miktexrev; User Commands
miktex-bibtex make a bibliography for &LaTeX;
`miktex-bibtex` option auxfile

## Description

&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;.

.bbl (bibliography file)
bibliography creation

&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.

.bib (bibliographic database)
.bst (bibliography style file)
.bbl

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 &BibTeX;ing document describes extensions and details of this format, and it gives other useful hints for using &BibTeX;.

## Options

`--min-crossrefs=n`

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

  cross-references minimum number required
--min-crossrefs=n

## Environment

## See Also

- miktex-latex 1
- miktex-tex 1