bibtex2bip.py
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bibtex2bip.py
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			"""
			Parse a BibTeX file into a BIP (a native pybliographer database) file.

			Usage: bibtex2bip.py <BibTeX file> <BIP file>
			"""

			import sys, os

			in_f, out_f = sys.argv[1:3]

			from Pyblio.Parsers.Semantic import BibTeX
			from Pyblio import Store, Registry

			Registry.load_default_settings()

			# This id refers to the bibtex format as known by pybliographer by
			# default.
			sid = "org.pybliographer/bibtex/0.1"

			# Get the schema associated with the specified id
			schema = Registry.getSchema(sid)

			# Create a new db using this schema. We need to ensure the file does
			# not exist yet.
			try: os.unlink(out_f)
			except OSError: pass

			db = Store.get('file').dbcreate(out_f, schema)

			# Import the content of the bibtex file into it
			fd = open(in_f)

			reader = BibTeX.Reader()
			reader.parse(fd, db)

			db.save()