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zelda_pinwheel · 02-07-2008, 07:42 PM

Hello,
i didn't see this info anywhere else on the forum, so i'm hoping someone knows about it.

GEB Librarian seems to create a backup copy of all files that i copy to my eb1150. so, if i have a file called ebook.imp which weighs 500ko, and then i use the Librarian to put it on my eb1150, if i look in the files using windows file explorer (it doesn't show in the Librarian), i see the original ebook.imp at 500ko AND ebook.imp.save, which also weighs 500ko.

what is this ".imp.save" file ? apparently, the Librarian doesn't delete the original file, only copies it (which is perfect, so i have a backup), and i have yet to find a way to get a file OFF the eb1150 onto my hd using the Librarian (sub-question : if there is a way, please tell me !), and as far as i can see, no "syncing" ever goes on between the eb1150 and the Librarian so i can't imagine what they could be used for. so what is the point in having this backup ?

if i delete a book from my eb1150 using the device interface, the .save file is still there, and (stranger still) even if i remove it from my library using the Librarian, it is also still there. the only way to get rid of it is to manually delete it from the file explorer.

for the moment this is not a real problem but if my library is going to eventually double (or more) in size because of pointless .save files it IS problem (i already have over 250mo of imp files, and that is not counting all the PG text files i'm planning to convert which already weigh several go, plus whatever i download in the future...).

can i just delete them ? are they ever used for anything ? better yet, is there a way to modify a parameter in the Librarian so they are never created ?

thanks for any help !

02-07-2008, 07:42 PM	#1
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	*GEB Librarian .imp.save files Hello, i didn't see this info anywhere else on the forum, so i'm hoping someone knows about it. GEB Librarian seems to create a backup copy of all files that i copy to my eb1150. so, if i have a file called ebook.imp which weighs 500ko, and then i use the Librarian to put it on my eb1150, if i look in the files using windows file explorer (it doesn't show in the Librarian), i see the original ebook.imp at 500ko AND ebook.imp.save, which also weighs 500ko. what is this ".imp.save" file ? apparently, the Librarian doesn't delete the original file, only copies it (which is perfect, so i have a backup), and i have yet to find a way to get a file OFF the eb1150 onto my hd using the Librarian (sub-question : if there is a way, please tell me !), and as far as i can see, no "syncing" ever goes on between the eb1150 and the Librarian so i can't imagine what they could be used for. so what is the point in having this backup ? if i delete a book from my eb1150 using the device interface, the .save file is still there, and (stranger still) even if i remove it from my library using the Librarian, it is also still there. the only way to get rid of it is to manually delete it from the file explorer. for the moment this is not a real problem but if my library is going to eventually double (or more) in size because of pointless .save files it IS problem (i already have over 250mo of imp files, and that is not counting all the PG text files i'm planning to convert which already weigh several go, plus whatever i download in the future...). can i just delete them ? are they ever used for anything ? better yet, is there a way to modify a parameter in the Librarian so they are never created ?** thanks for any help !