",_" in filename upsets kobo

ghira · 05-30-2024, 07:45 AM

When I sideload multiple books my kobo sometimes refuses to recognise any of the files.

Came to realise that it looks like if _any_ files contain ",_" in the file name, the entire batch will fail to be imported until I rename them.

I had run into single unacceptable characters before but as far as I recall , and _ separately are both ok (though maybe I should check this) and it is ",_" together that causes problems.

Is this a real phenomenon? Are there other combos to watch out for?

JSWolf · 05-30-2024, 08:01 AM

What title(s) have ,_?

ghira · 05-30-2024, 11:45 AM

It probably happens from getting rid of spaces and parentheses and other characters I don't like in filenames. Books where the filename has A (editor), authors with "," between them and similar
replace space, #, (, ) and similar with underscore and you end up with ",_". Well, don't do that, then. Sure.

But it's the first time I've seen a pair of characters cause a problem where they don't cause one on their own as far as I was aware.

05-30-2024, 07:45 AM	#1
ghira Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Aura One, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Glowlight,	",_" in filename upsets kobo When I sideload multiple books my kobo sometimes refuses to recognise any of the files. Came to realise that it looks like if _any_ files contain ",_" in the file name, the entire batch will fail to be imported until I rename them. I had run into single unacceptable characters before but as far as I recall , and _ separately are both ok (though maybe I should check this) and it is ",_" together that causes problems. Is this a real phenomenon? Are there other combos to watch out for?

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05-30-2024, 08:01 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,213 Karma: 132920876 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What title(s) have ,_?

05-30-2024, 11:45 AM	#3
ghira Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Aura One, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Glowlight,	It probably happens from getting rid of spaces and parentheses and other characters I don't like in filenames. Books where the filename has A (editor), authors with "," between them and similar replace space, #, (, ) and similar with underscore and you end up with ",_". Well, don't do that, then. Sure. But it's the first time I've seen a pair of characters cause a problem where they don't cause one on their own as far as I was aware.