Calibre Portable Add Books Folder

misterrproperr · 05-15-2014, 05:40 AM

Hi everybody,

I've got Calibre Portable in an External USB.

My structure is:
- Books
--- Calibre Portable
------ Calibre
------ Calibre Add
------ Calibre Library
------ Calibre Settings
------ DCIM
------ calibre-portable.exe

I would like to define my authomatic addition folder, something like this:
%THISPATH%\Calibre Add
because the external USB has diferent identifing letters depending on what computer I'm using it. D: E: G:

Is there a way to do what I need ?

I've been looking everywhere but I haven't found any solution.

Thanks in advance.

fidvo · 05-15-2014, 11:25 AM

I haven't tested this myself, but you might try:

.\Calibre Add

eschwartz · 05-15-2014, 03:43 PM

I believe the PortableApps.com version of calibrePortable should fix the filenames.

The PortableApps.com approach to making things portable is by saving registry keys etc. to config files and more importantly, by changing paths to compensate for changing mountpoints. It should catch this path too.

Kovid's calibre-portable uses relative paths from the top folder, which doesn't fix filenames, and I have no idea if it makes the adding books folder relative. It probably should, or be fixed to do so, in the event of it being in the Calibre Portable folder tree, in which case Kovid's version, too, should work.

05-15-2014, 05:40 AM	#1
misterrproperr Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: none	Calibre Portable Add Books Folder Hi everybody, I've got Calibre Portable in an External USB. My structure is: - Books --- Calibre Portable ------ Calibre ------ Calibre Add ------ Calibre Library ------ Calibre Settings ------ DCIM ------ calibre-portable.exe I would like to define my authomatic addition folder, something like this: %THISPATH%\Calibre Add because the external USB has diferent identifing letters depending on what computer I'm using it. D: E: G: Is there a way to do what I need ? I've been looking everywhere but I haven't found any solution. Thanks in advance.

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05-15-2014, 11:25 AM	#2
fidvo Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1599870 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: none	I haven't tested this myself, but you might try: .\Calibre Add

05-15-2014, 03:43 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I believe the PortableApps.com version of calibrePortable should fix the filenames. The PortableApps.com approach to making things portable is by saving registry keys etc. to config files and more importantly, by changing paths to compensate for changing mountpoints. It should catch this path too. Kovid's calibre-portable uses relative paths from the top folder, which doesn't fix filenames, and I have no idea if it makes the adding books folder relative. It probably should, or be fixed to do so, in the event of it being in the Calibre Portable folder tree, in which case Kovid's version, too, should work.