[Papyrus-L] Cleaning up Papyrus files!

[Hessling, Rene]

Hi experts!

Next question....

It seems that my database contains a lot of junk. I (probably wrongly)
started the database a long time ago by using a database of a colleague,
then deleting all his entries and entering my papers. I think we did this so
I would already have his journals and abbreviations in my database. 

Now having a look at the Ref.bib in a normal text editor it seems that there
is still a lot of old junk in this file. Is there any way to remove this? I
exported my database with PAPX filter and imported the resulting *.lst file
in a new database, which ended up being MUCH smaller than the original.
Unfortunately all preferences and personalized formats are lost in this
process. (Also I must admit, that I'm afraid some information in some of the
references might have gotten lost... of course in those references I didn't
compare....call it Papyruscrashphobia ;-)

Is there a way to simply clean up my original database? I tried creating
back-up files and restoring from them as well as 'index file generation'
with no luck.

I'd appreciate any help! Thanks a lot!

Rene

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Dipl. Biol. Rene Hessling
Universitaet Osnabrueck
Spezielle Zoologie
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D-49069 Osnabrueck 
Germany

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