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Originally Posted by Dullahir
Hey everyone, my question for this evening is:
When transferring books from one actual library to another, and selecting 'Delete files after copying', how would I get it to keep the .opf files
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Don't delete the books - if you do, the book folders and everything in them will be sent to the recycle bin
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Originally Posted by Dullahir
...so that if I were to add dupes by accident, it will alert me?
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It wouldn't because you deleted the books - so there is nothing in the database, nor any book folders.
if (something == nothing) always returns false
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Originally Posted by Dullahir
I know that I could perhaps just copy the books without deleting them, then after they were transferred, I could 'Remove all books of a particular format', but is this the only way? Also, will it still preserve the metadata even if the books themselves are not present?
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If you remove the format files then calibre does as its asked, it will send the designated format files to the recycling centre and leave everything else alone - and it will update the database to remove the 'notional tag' for the format you deleted.
Now as to what happens if you add the book back - try it and see for yourself, there maybe be some settings adjustments required - my expectation is that it wont warn you about duplicates
But I've been wrong before and I will be wrong again - “To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer.”
BR