Why has Calibre started to create two directories for each auto imported book?

Old-T · 10-25-2019, 04:49 AM

I have Calibre watch a directory for books magically appears. I made a small python script to check for directories without any number in, i.e. a book title that isn't imported in Calibre.

A lot of diretctories!

Thsi is something that started sometime in April.

Anyone else has seen this?

Calibre 4.2 running on Ubuntu 18.04
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This morning for example, three books had appeared in the watch directory...

These three were imported into Calibre, but when I when the authors directory there are:
BookTitle
BookTitle(NNNNN)

for each of the three books.

In the first directory (without the numbers) there are three files:
BookTitle - Author.epub
BookTitle - Author.jpg
BookTitle - Author.opt

In the directory with the numbers there are three files:
cover.jpg
metadata.opf
BookTitle - Author.epub

The book imported in Calibre is linked to the directory with the numbers.

kovidgoyal · 10-25-2019, 04:54 AM

calibre never creates directories in its author folders that dont have numbers in brackets. Probably you have something else going on, a file sync or networked filesystem or similar.

Old-T · 10-25-2019, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

calibre never creates directories in its author folders that dont have numbers in brackets. Probably you have something else going on, a file sync or networked filesystem or similar.

Hmm...
I wonder if LazyLibrarian copies complete book to both the watch directory AND the Calibre directory...

Well, over to next subreddit :-)

10-25-2019, 04:49 AM	#1
Old-T Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Kindle Paper White	Why has Calibre started to create two directories for each auto imported book? I have Calibre watch a directory for books magically appears. I made a small python script to check for directories without any number in, i.e. a book title that isn't imported in Calibre. A lot of diretctories! Thsi is something that started sometime in April. Anyone else has seen this? Calibre 4.2 running on Ubuntu 18.04 ------------- This morning for example, three books had appeared in the watch directory... These three were imported into Calibre, but when I when the authors directory there are: BookTitle BookTitle(NNNNN) for each of the three books. In the first directory (without the numbers) there are three files: BookTitle - Author.epub BookTitle - Author.jpg BookTitle - Author.opt In the directory with the numbers there are three files: cover.jpg metadata.opf BookTitle - Author.epub The book imported in Calibre is linked to the directory with the numbers.

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10-25-2019, 04:54 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,184 Karma: 23000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre never creates directories in its author folders that dont have numbers in brackets. Probably you have something else going on, a file sync or networked filesystem or similar.

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