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Originally Posted by Merischino
I don't know hwo to check whether I hve a permissions issue.
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When I peek under the skirts, there are multiples. There should only be one, if calibre truly works the way people here post that it does. aka using the gui to make changes will change the calibre file structure on-the-fly. so, the calibre file structure SHOULD look like my gui-fied changed library does when I'm done, and it doesnt.
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This isn't that hard to track down. It can easily be done inside your current library, but to make it simpler on you, start with a fresh library and one book. "Under the skirts" will be a single folder. Change the author name. See if you end up with two or not. If Calibre can't delete a folder, but can create one, you'll see the old one remaining. That would be a permissions issue.
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Based on later posts, I'm going to skip the above since it's advice on an older version of Calibre.
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The heart of Calibre's database is the book id. It uniquely identifies each book. The only thing older about the comment was where to see that id. If you have old folders left over, then the book id (which is part of the folder name "under the skirts" - will be that same number) If Calibre is really leaving "ugly stragglers behind in the file structure," as you describe, then those stragglers will have the same book id with the old Author name. I strongly suggest that you figure out if you have multiple folders with the same book id or not. That's going to tell you if Calibre is really leaving ugly stragglers in the folder structure.