LaTeX \cite giving a [?]

Question

in blah.tex , I have a

\cite{blah}

I have a 'blah' entry in blah.bib

I run my file with :

latex blah.tex && blah.tex && dvipdf blah.dvi

The blah.pdf results in [?]

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

You are missing a second latex:

latex blah.tex && latex blah.tex && dvipdf blah.dvi
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If you use BibTex (which you obviously do), you'll probably have to issue the command a third time (two times after applying bibtex blah):

latex blah.tex && \ # that's for preparing for bibtex
bibtex blah && \
latex blah.tex && \ # that's for resolving the crossrefs
latex blah.tex && \ # and that for putting them in the right place
dvipdf blah.dvi