RE: Setting location of bib file

> > I keep not being able to solve a problem, no matter which 
> version of 
> > WinEdit or MiKTeX I use. I want BibTeX to assume MY bib 
> files are in a 
> > particular folder on my USB flash drive (so that it's available on 
> > both my home/office/laptop computers). HOW do I achieve that?
> > 
> > ANY help greatly appreciated,
> 
> A MiKTeX solution is to set up your bibtex database inside a 
> structure:
> 
> <root>\bib\<files here>
> 
> In the MiKTeX Settings system, set whatever <root> is as a 
> new MiKTeX root.  It should then find your file - this needs 
> to be done for each PC you use.
> 
> For example, I have my literature in a file called 
> "Literature.bib", which is stored as:
> 
> "My Documents"\texmf\bib\Literature.bib
> 
> So I set the texmf directory as a root, and MiKTeX finds it.

The only problem will be to make sure that the drive letter with which the
usb flash drive is mounted is always the same as that used in the MiKTeX
setup to define the local texmf tree: this will almost certainly vary from
computer to computer according to what othe drives are already mounted.

Cheers,  Phil

 

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