[Tex/LaTex] Include all *.bib files in one directory to a bibliography

Question

There are several *.bib files in one directory which I want to add to my bibliography.

I don't want to add them one by one like this:

\bibliography{../dir/a,../dir/b,../dir/c}

I tried adding the directory to bibtex like this: (see here)

bibtex --include-directory "../dir/

resulting in

bibtex: unrecognized option '--include-directory=../dir/'

This option seems to be specific to mikTeX BibTeX, but I am using TeXLive.

Is there a way to add all *.bib files in ../dir/ to my bibliography?

I am already using TeX, BibTeX and Make, so a solution using those tools is preferred, although any solution is welcome.

Answer 1

By default, in TeX Live bibtex looks for local .bib files in your local texmf/bibtex/bib folder. So you can put your directory containing the bib files there, or make a symbolic link inside that folder to your directory. Either one will work. Then you just use \bibliography{a,b,c} for .bib file a.bib, b.bib etc.