ebook-convert and The Guardian recipe

Herchu · 07-23-2011, 01:43 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to use ebook-convert command line tool but haven't been able to make it work with the built-in recipe for The Guardian. I tried "The Guardian / The Observer".recipe but failed to make it point to the correct recipe: "guardian".

As every other recipe I tried works ok, I thought it must be the slash in the title and tried again escaping it (using one to several backslashes and a dot too) with no luck.

The GUI downloads this paper without glitches so it's not the recipe per se, but my inability to specify the correct name of the recipe for the command line tool.

Any suggestion?

Regards,
Hernán

calibre version 0.8.11 Mac OSX Lion

kovidgoyal · 07-23-2011, 02:08 PM

because of the way ebook-convert process command line arguments, recipe names with / in them won't work. I've changed the title of the recipe for the next release.

Herchu · 07-23-2011, 03:03 PM

Thanks!
Following your explanation I've edited builtin_recipes.xml and changed the slash for a dash and works ok.
Thanks again,
-Hernán.

07-23-2011, 01:43 PM	#1
Herchu Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: iPad	ebook-convert and The Guardian recipe Hi, I'm trying to use ebook-convert command line tool but haven't been able to make it work with the built-in recipe for The Guardian. I tried "The Guardian / The Observer".recipe but failed to make it point to the correct recipe: "guardian". As every other recipe I tried works ok, I thought it must be the slash in the title and tried again escaping it (using one to several backslashes and a dot too) with no luck. The GUI downloads this paper without glitches so it's not the recipe per se, but my inability to specify the correct name of the recipe for the command line tool. Any suggestion? Regards, Hernán calibre version 0.8.11 Mac OSX Lion

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07-23-2011, 02:08 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,864 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	because of the way ebook-convert process command line arguments, recipe names with / in them won't work. I've changed the title of the recipe for the next release.

07-23-2011, 03:03 PM	#3
Herchu Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: iPad	Thanks! Following your explanation I've edited builtin_recipes.xml and changed the slash for a dash and works ok. Thanks again, -Hernán.

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