Thread: Create New Library from Existing Library at Command Line
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Old 07-26-2013, 04:37 PM   #18
chaley
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
do you mean create the folder for the 'new' library?
yes.
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I did try that the other day with calibredb remove 0-???? (cant remember) but when I accessed the 'empty clone' via the GUI I got an error that I interpreted as meaning the database doesn't belong to this library - didn't keep the error message.

I will do it again, when I get back to my main calibre system 2 mora.
I do this frequently when debugging -- create a folder & drop in a metadata.db. I have never had a failure of any kind. I am interested in hearing what is going wrong for you.
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If the from_library contains a metadata_db_prefs_backup.json should I also copy it to the to_library along with the empty metadata.db - I didn't do that on the test library I used.

BR
no. That file is used only by db recovery.
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