Hello again,
I moved one step forward, because I found out that my syntax was wrong. But now I get the same message as cr45h, meaning that Cops cannot find my database.
COPS is installed in the directory "cops" directly in the main directory
main/cops
and the metadata db is in an owncloud directory
main/owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/
Everything is on a remote server.
So how do I get the address right?
I tried './owncloud/data/user/files/clientsync/Calibre/Calibre Library/'
as well as replacing the blank in "Calibre Library" with %20