Create tags while importing from source folder structure

[eamonned]

Hi folks,

I've done some amount of classifying of my book collection, but on first couple of trials importing to Calibre no tags were created (unchecking 'Read metadata from file contents rather than file name' made no difference)

The source folder structure has for instance
Business
> Entrepreneurship
>> Business Model Generation (PDF Templates)
> Leadership
>> Team Leader

How can I setup the import process to write a tag for the Folder/Sub-Folder Name?

Many thanks
/Eamonn

[eamonned]

Perhaps I've posted this in the wrong forum?

Anyways - here's version 1 of my fix for this

From the folder & subfolders containing the files that you wish to add to Calibre, execute something like this...

c:\Books\Hobbies\Woodworking>forfiles.exe /s /m *.pdf /c "cmd /c calibredb add --duplicates --tags ^0x22Woodworking, Hobbies, @fdate^0x22 @path"

Some explanation
forfiles.exe - for all of the files that match (/m)
/s - include subfolders
/m *.pdf - match all pdfs in my case
/c - for every file execute what follows
"cmd /c calibredb add
--duplicates - I want the process to continue even if it finds a duplicate
--tags ^0x22 Tag1, tag2, tag3 ^0x22 - the tags need to be surrounded by the Hexadecimal code for " (quotation marks) - this is the part that took my quite some time to figure out

@fdate - I included this within the Tags - it will add the files last modified date
@path - this is the book that is being processed and will be sent to Calibre with the given tags

So basically
Copy this line
forfiles.exe /s /m *.pdf /c "cmd /c calibredb add --duplicates --tags ^0x22%TAG_1%, %TAG_2%^0x22 @path"


and change %TAG_1% and %TAG_2% (or add others) as it suits you

Hope this helps someone

Best
/E

[eschwartz]

calibre does not derive metadata from the full pathname of imported books, only the filename.

Your solution works, although it is more common to use a bulk file renamer to make sure the filename contains all the information formerly in the full pathname.

[font332]

This @path option seems to no longer work, it just adds %TAG_1% and %TAG_2% to the tag field.
Anyone knows why/how to make it work again?
Thanks

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by font332

This @path option seems to no longer work, it just adds %TAG_1% and %TAG_2% to the tag field.
Anyone knows why/how to make it work again?

You should ask Microsoft, @path is a parameter of their forfiles utility.

Added : and test the calibredb part singularly, calibre has moved on since August 2016.

BR

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by font332

This @path option seems to no longer work, it just adds %TAG_1% and %TAG_2% to the tag field.
Anyone knows why/how to make it work again?
Thanks

In 2019 in Calibre, the only way you can derive metadata from a complex folder structure is to use the Calibre plug-in "Media File Importer" to create a book with all of your desired metadata via its use of "Dynamic Variables".

You can add multiple ebook formats to that same Calibre book via drag-and-drop.


https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=277104



DaltonST