ERROR: Could not open ebook: [Error 123]

[kappsta]

Hi. I added an epub to Calibre. When I try to open it in Calibre's E-book reader I get the following error. Hopefully this is the right place to post bugs. Any help? I am running Win7 x64. Thanks.



calibre, version 0.8.41
ERROR: Could not open ebook: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: u'C:\\Users\\Kazzy\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_ 0.8.41_tmp_9cicbb\\zppnur_ebook_iter\\OPS\\images\ \href="images'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\viewer\main.py", line 64, in run
File "threading.py", line 483, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\iterator.py", line 205, in __enter__
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 208, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\epub_in put.py", line 141, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 1087, in extractall
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 1071, in extract
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 1111, in _extract_member
File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs
WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: u'C:\\Users\\Kazzy\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_ 0.8.41_tmp_9cicbb\\zppnur_ebook_iter\\OPS\\images\ \href="images'

[theducks]

Originally Posted by kappsta

Hi. I added an epub to Calibre. When I try to open it in Calibre's E-book reader I get the following error. Hopefully this is the right place to post bugs. Any help? I am running Win7 x64. Thanks.



calibre, version 0.8.41
ERROR: Could not open ebook: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: u'C:\\Users\\Kazzy\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_ 0.8.41_tmp_9cicbb\\zppnur_ebook_iter\\OPS\\images\ \href="images'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\viewer\main.py", line 64, in run
File "threading.py", line 483, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\iterator.py", line 205, in __enter__
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 208, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\epub_in put.py", line 141, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 1087, in extractall
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 1071, in extract
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\zipfile.py", line 1111, in _extract_member
File "os.py", line 157, in makedirs
WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: u'C:\\Users\\Kazzy\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_ 0.8.41_tmp_9cicbb\\zppnur_ebook_iter\\OPS\\images\ \href="images'

Have you validated the EPUB and CSS? Something looks wierd about the 'images' path

Flightcrew is a great tool to validate the EPUB (but it does not validate CSS).
the CSS can be validated here http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_upload

Use Tweak (T) to explode the EPUB

[kappsta]

Thanks for the tips. I checked it in Flightcrew and got this error but not sure what it means or how to correct it. No error in the CSS.



I tried to Explode ePub in Calibre but got another error:



Cheers!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by kappsta

Thanks for the tips. I checked it in Flightcrew and got this error but not sure what it means or how to correct it. No error in the CSS.




Cheers!

That was run on the Book that is in the Library

Junk Reference... At least very incorrectly done.
Well beyond most programs ability to correct.
You could comment it out or delete it all together

[kappsta]

Originally Posted by theducks

You could comment it out or delete it all together

How can I do that? Thanks.

I found out more info with epubcheck:

----
Validating against EPUB version 2.0
ERROR: xxx.epub: image file OPS/images/image-180.jpg is missing
ERROR: xxx.epub: image file OPS/images/image-233e.jpg is missing
ERROR: xxx.epub: image file OPS/images/image-314.jpg is missing
WARNING: xxx.epub: item (OPS/imaghref="images/ima) exists in the zip
file, but is not declared in the OPF file
ERROR: xxx.epub/OPS/imaghref="images/ima: File name contains charact
ers disallowed in OCF file names: """
WARNING: xxx.epub: item (OPS/images/image-314.jhr) exists in the zip
file, but is not declared in the OPF file
WARNING: xxx.epub: item (OPS/images/href="images/i) exists in the zi
p file, but is not declared in the OPF file
ERROR: xxx.epub/OPS/images/href="images/i: File name contains charac
ters disallowed in OCF file names: """

Check finished with warnings or errors!

[pchrist7]

Originally Posted by kappsta

ERROR: Could not open ebook: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: u'C:\\Users\\Kazzy\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_ 0.8.41_tmp_9cicbb\\zppnur_ebook_iter\\OPS\\images\ \href="images'

Sorry for barging in. No expert, but...
Look closely at the filename above.
The whole filename string is inclosed in ' ', but you have href="images at then without a closing "
Could that be it ?
Just a thought.

Cheers, Per

[kappsta]

Submitted a bug to Calibre and looks like it will be fixed in the next release!

Fixed in branch lp:calibre. The fix will be in the next release. calibre
is usually released every Friday.

status fixreleased

** Changed in: calibre
Status: Incomplete => Fix Released