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()