Database Restore not working

[iondream]

Hello all,
in the newest version 7.0 I can't seem to restore any database from backup.
I get this error.

calibre, version 7.0.0
ERROR: Failed: Restoring database failed, click "Show details" to see details

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 157, in run
File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 296, in restore_books
File "shutil.py", line 561, in copytree
File "shutil.py", line 459, in _copytree
File "os.py", line 225, in makedirs
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: 'C:\\Users\\iondream\\vv02dv4s_rlib\\.calnotes'

Has anyone else seen this?

worth noting is that when I run from the latest source from github instead it all works fine. I could not find an issue for this however, so I wanted to make sure it was known.
Thanks,
iondream

[Quoth]

Open Import etc. Before last step open the Calibre library destination in a File manager/ Explore/finder and make sure hidden files are shown.
Delete everything.
Now click on Calibre GUI.
The restore folder must be empty, but it has .calnotes in it.
Note: You don't say which OS, but maybe Windows? Mac & Linux by default don't show any file or folder starting with a period/dot, .<anyname>

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by iondream

Hello all,
in the newest version 7.0 I can't seem to restore any database from backup.
I get this error.

Spoiler:

calibre, version 7.0.0
ERROR: Failed: Restoring database failed, click "Show details" to see details

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 157, in run
File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 296, in restore_books
File "shutil.py", line 561, in copytree
File "shutil.py", line 459, in _copytree
File "os.py", line 225, in makedirs
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: 'C:\\Users\\iondream\\vv02dv4s_rlib\\.calnotes'

Has anyone else seen this?

I've seen it now that I've run Restore on my Test library.

calibre, version 7.0.0
ERROR: Failed: Restoring database failed, click "Show details" to see details

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 157, in run
  File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 296, in restore_books
  File "shutil.py", line 561, in copytree
  File "shutil.py", line 459, in _copytree
  File "os.py", line 225, in makedirs
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: 'D:\\Calibre\\Libraries\\fwatryp3_rlib\\.calnotes'

No apparent ill-effects - library is back to what it was, including the content of the .calnotes folder.

BR

[iondream]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Open Import etc. Before last step open the Calibre library destination in a File manager/ Explore/finder and make sure hidden files are shown.
Delete everything.
Now click on Calibre GUI.
The restore folder must be empty, but it has .calnotes in it.
Note: You don't say which OS, but maybe Windows? Mac & Linux by default don't show any file or folder starting with a period/dot, .<anyname>

I've checked the folder, and there is no such directory
C:\Users\iondream\vv02dv4s_rlib\.calnotes
I assume this is dynamically generated. There is a .calnotes file, but moving it out of the dir has no effect.

[iondream]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I've seen it now that I've run Restore on my Test library.

calibre, version 7.0.0
ERROR: Failed: Restoring database failed, click "Show details" to see details

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 157, in run
  File "calibre\db\restore.py", line 296, in restore_books
  File "shutil.py", line 561, in copytree
  File "shutil.py", line 459, in _copytree
  File "os.py", line 225, in makedirs
FileExistsError: [WinError 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: 'D:\\Calibre\\Libraries\\fwatryp3_rlib\\.calnotes'

No apparent ill-effects - library is back to what it was, including the content of the .calnotes folder.

BR

Oh excellent. Earlier I was trying to recover a database that got corrupted, and I tried this to restore it from backup, but it didn't seem to work. (I ended up building a new library and importing everything again)
does anyone know how the database backup and restore process works? is there a copy of it kept somewhere automatically?

Thanks,
iondream

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by iondream

does anyone know how the database backup and restore process works? is there a copy of it kept somewhere automatically?

The database is rebuilt from scratch using the metadata.opf files in the book folders, along with the metadata_db_prefs_backup.json at the top of the library tree.

BR

[kovidgoyal]

It's a bug fixed in the next release.

[Mycroft88]

I also have the same problem. Looking forward to the update.

[Mycroft88]

The new update, 7.1 fixed the problem. Yay kovidgoyal!!! ��

[iondream]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

It's a bug fixed in the next release.

My thanks as well!