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jmeb · 05-20-2011, 01:14 PM

Mornin' all,

I've created a little script for my personal use that creates .mobi files from any .epub files that don't already have a .mobi counterpart using ebook-convert.

This is my very, very first script in Python. (Usually write things like this in bash.) So it has a good deal of limitations: it only works on one directory at a time, it assumes that the name of the file between epub and mobi versions is constant, and I'm sure it has a thousand other limitations. It handles white space in the filenames fine. I've only tested it in linux environments...so I doubt it is windows friendly.

You can find the script here:http://pastebin.com/0HpA7dy0 . You need to feed it one argument: the directory it should search for epubs/mobis. For example:

Code:

python mobimaker.sh /home/jmeb/ebooks

I welcome any feedback or improvements. Again, my very first go at python.

Thanks for the wonderful software to base this on, and the community round here (been lurking around for a while.)

Cheers.

05-20-2011, 01:14 PM	#1
jmeb Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle DX	Python script: batch create mobi's from epubs (if they don't exist) Mornin' all, I've created a little script for my personal use that creates .mobi files from any .epub files that don't already have a .mobi counterpart using ebook-convert. This is my very, very first script in Python. (Usually write things like this in bash.) So it has a good deal of limitations: it only works on one directory at a time, it assumes that the name of the file between epub and mobi versions is constant, and I'm sure it has a thousand other limitations. It handles white space in the filenames fine. I've only tested it in linux environments...so I doubt it is windows friendly. You can find the script here:http://pastebin.com/0HpA7dy0 . You need to feed it one argument: the directory it should search for epubs/mobis. For example: Code: python mobimaker.sh /home/jmeb/ebooks I welcome any feedback or improvements. Again, my very first go at python. Thanks for the wonderful software to base this on, and the community round here (been lurking around for a while.) Cheers. Last edited by jmeb; 05-20-2011 at 03:25 PM.