def open_files(bibtex_file_name):
    """
    Give the name of the bibitex file to be used as input, generate the file
    names for rdf, rpt and lst.  Return the open file handles
    """
    base = bibtex_file_name[:bibtex_file_name.find('.')]
    rpt_file = open(base+'.rpt', 'w')
    lst_file = open(base+'.lst', 'w')
    rdf_file = open(base+'.rdf', 'w')
    return [rdf_file, rpt_file, lst_file]