For other MEC files, see the 
MEC INDEX
1. Check map files:
a. add doctype and validate.
b. extract list of IDs. Make sure that none
has been duplicated in the file.
c. check muds superficially:
search for <mud>.*\.</AUTHOR>{space}
<mud>.*[^.]</AUTHOR>[^ ]
<mud>.*\.</TITLE>{space}
<mud>.*[^.]</TITLE>[^ <]
<mud>.*[^.]</TITLE><MS
<MS></MS>
<mud>.*/DATE>[^ ]
get rid of some extraneous blank lines
by replacing </med>\n\n with </med>\n
2. Prepare bib files for indexing:
a. move to a temp directory
b. attach current mslib to all files and validate
c. normalize
d. reattach doctype
e. reentrify (using reentry.pl or reenter.postid.sgm,
depending on whether the file has been merged before.
Use ch-entry.pl on chaucer (c2) file: this will also
work in place of reentry.pl on the other non-ided files)
3. Compare stencils from map files(s) and bib files.
a. extract stencils from both sets thus:
perl ex-stencil.all.pl mapfile.take?.sgm >> sts.mapped.txt
perl ex-stencil.all.pl ??.sgm >> sts.bibbed.txt
perl ex-stencil.all.pl ??.id.sgm >> sts.bibbed.txt
or some such.
c. open sts.bibbed.txt and sts.mapped.txt in text editor. Cp. numbers
of lines. If sim., remove IDs from bibbed stencils
(replace <STENCIL[^>]+> with <STENCIL> in textpad)
d. upload both files to dns /work/pfs/merge or your equivalent
directory
e. create lists of stencils unique to map files and bib files:
dns:merge % sort ss.bibbed.txt > ss.bibbed.sort
dns:merge % sort ss.mapped.txt > ss.mapped.sort
dns:merge % comm -23 ss.bibbed.sort ss.mapped.sort > solely.bibbed
dns:merge % comm -13 ss.bibbed.sort ss.mapped.sort > solely.mapped
dns:merge % cat solely.bibbed
...
dns:merge % cat solely.mapped
...
4. Resolve differences, if any, between bib files and map files.
5. revalidate map files. revalidate bib files.
6. Hand both over to Nigel.