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theducks · 11-25-2011, 09:49 AM

Calibre can't determine Metadata from the Full pathname of the file.
(NB. Calibre works on many O/S. Just think of all the variants in file systems it would have to get correct

)
On Windows, you might explore a Bulk renamer like Metamorphose and use that to flatten your folder structure ON A BACKEDUP

file source.

11-25-2011, 09:49 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,928 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre can't determine Metadata from the Full pathname of the file. (NB. Calibre works on many O/S. Just think of all the variants in file systems it would have to get correct ) On Windows, you might explore a Bulk renamer like Metamorphose and use that to flatten your folder structure ON A BACKEDUP file source.