problem handling doubly archived files

cnbiz850 · 11-22-2011, 02:32 AM

It happens like this. Archive a directory of files into something like files.tar.gz (or any other 2 formats). Then import it to Calibre, and change the author name (to unknown for instance) within Calibre. This way makes the file name in Calibre's file structure something like:"files.tar - unknown.gz". Then when trying to open the file within Calibre, instead of seeing the original files, there is only one file.

I find this problem on a Ubuntu system.

kovidgoyal · 11-22-2011, 02:35 AM

calibre does not support composite extensions. Use .tgz instead.

11-22-2011, 02:32 AM	#1
cnbiz850 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Android	problem handling doubly archived files It happens like this. Archive a directory of files into something like files.tar.gz (or any other 2 formats). Then import it to Calibre, and change the author name (to unknown for instance) within Calibre. This way makes the file name in Calibre's file structure something like:"files.tar - unknown.gz". Then when trying to open the file within Calibre, instead of seeing the original files, there is only one file. I find this problem on a Ubuntu system.

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11-22-2011, 02:35 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre does not support composite extensions. Use .tgz instead.

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