Problem with recognitiom of russian file and folder names

kamanza · 02-10-2011, 04:25 PM

I'm using calibre 0.7.35. Converting a russian book from html to pdf calibre refuses to save it to disk with the following message:

WARNING: Could not save some books: Could not save some books, Click the show details button to see which ones.

Вьюга теней
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 375, in save_serialized_to_disk
File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 251, in do_save_book_to_disk
File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs
WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'D:\\books\\??????? ?????'

The folder name is Алексей Пехов. If i go to the containing folder the file name (Пехов Алексей - Вьюга теней) is transliterated into V'iugha tieniei - Piekhov Alieksiei. So what ihad to do is to copy - paste the name & cut - paste the file to disk. Is there a way to save russian files directly?

kovidgoyal · 02-10-2011, 04:58 PM

In the saving to disk options in preferences make sure you have convert non english characters to english option checked.

kamanza · 02-11-2011, 01:15 AM

Thanks for the speedy reply, but it did not quite solve the problem :the file is saved to the folder with the filename transliterated in english and only if the folder name is in english.
If the folder name is in russian i still get this message:

WARNING: Could not save some books: Could not save some books, Click the show details button to see which ones.

Чапаев и Пустота (fb2) | Либрусек
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 375, in save_serialized_to_disk
File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 251, in do_save_book_to_disk
File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs
WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'D:\\orbit\\New folder\\?????? ???????'

kovidgoyal · 02-11-2011, 02:27 AM

There's no solution to that, you will just have to use folder names in english and move the files after saving by hand.

02-10-2011, 04:25 PM	#1
kamanza Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	Problem with recognitiom of russian file and folder names I'm using calibre 0.7.35. Converting a russian book from html to pdf calibre refuses to save it to disk with the following message: WARNING: Could not save some books: Could not save some books, Click the show details button to see which ones. Вьюга теней Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 375, in save_serialized_to_disk File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 251, in do_save_book_to_disk File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'D:\\books\\??????? ?????' The folder name is Алексей Пехов. If i go to the containing folder the file name (Пехов Алексей - Вьюга теней) is transliterated into V'iugha tieniei - Piekhov Alieksiei. So what ihad to do is to copy - paste the name & cut - paste the file to disk. Is there a way to save russian files directly?

02-11-2011, 01:15 AM	#3
kamanza Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	Thanks for the speedy reply, but it did not quite solve the problem :the file is saved to the folder with the filename transliterated in english and only if the folder name is in english. If the folder name is in russian i still get this message: WARNING: Could not save some books: Could not save some books, Click the show details button to see which ones. Чапаев и Пустота (fb2) \| Либрусек Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 375, in save_serialized_to_disk File "site-packages\calibre\library\save_to_disk.py", line 251, in do_save_book_to_disk File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'D:\\orbit\\New folder\\?????? ???????' Last edited by kamanza; 02-11-2011 at 01:17 AM. Reason: spelling

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
PRS-350 Had to format, need original folder names	ardeegee	Sony Reader	9	01-17-2011 11:30 PM
Using Folder Names as Metadata	volkermord	Calibre	7	08-24-2010 01:36 AM
How can I remove spaces from folder and file names?	jusmee	Calibre	1	11-06-2009 10:36 PM
File Names	Vulcan	Sony Reader	4	01-02-2009 04:03 PM
iLiad FBReader problem: files with Korean file names	wagnerian	iRex Developer's Corner	6	05-16-2007 08:15 AM

02-10-2011, 04:58 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	In the saving to disk options in preferences make sure you have convert non english characters to english option checked.

02-11-2011, 02:27 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no solution to that, you will just have to use folder names in english and move the files after saving by hand.

Advert