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sasilk · 08-13-2011, 12:09 AM

Hi,

Quick details:
Calibre version 8.14
Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I have a nice, newly formatted, dedicated external drive that I want to move my Calibre files to, but when I ask Calibre to move the library to the new location in the root of the drive it fails with a "Location is not empty" message. I'm guessing that it's detecting the hidden system files there and that's what's causing the error.

I can get around it by manually copying the files across and then pointing Calibre to the 'new' library, but is there a better way to approach this?

In either case, having the app tell a user that an ostensibly empty directory (drive) can't be used because it isn't empty is bound to cause some confusion and frustration. At the very least, a better error message would be useful.

Stephen Silk

08-13-2011, 12:09 AM	#1
sasilk Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Device: iPad Pro 12"; Kindle Paperwhite	Library creation on empty drive fails Hi, Quick details: Calibre version 8.14 Mac OS X Snow Leopard I have a nice, newly formatted, dedicated external drive that I want to move my Calibre files to, but when I ask Calibre to move the library to the new location in the root of the drive it fails with a "Location is not empty" message. I'm guessing that it's detecting the hidden system files there and that's what's causing the error. I can get around it by manually copying the files across and then pointing Calibre to the 'new' library, but is there a better way to approach this? In either case, having the app tell a user that an ostensibly empty directory (drive) can't be used because it isn't empty is bound to cause some confusion and frustration. At the very least, a better error message would be useful. Stephen Silk