Thread: Command Line Batch Adding of Epubs
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Old 10-18-2010, 02:32 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by nkormanik View Post
I created a batch file as follows, however only the first line gets accomplished, but nothing after that -- the batch file simply quits after the first line:
Try preceding each line by the start command.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
on xp, vista you have to use start in batch files if you are executing multiple calibre programs, I have absolutely no idea why.
I'm not sure if just the first program needs to be preceded by the start command or each program in the batch file.

start calibredb add -d 101.epub
start calibredb add -d 102.epub
start calibredb add -d 103.epub
start calibredb add -d 104.epub
start calibredb add -d 105.epub
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