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eschwartz · 12-02-2014, 09:19 PM

Auto-add is handled by the calibre GUI (like, the main program)

not the server.

If you want to run the GUI unattended in a scipted manner just to auto-add books, you can also simply use:

Code:

calibredb add --with-library=/path/to/library/ --recurse /path/to/scripted/add/folder/

Repeat as needed, with whatever combinations of libraries and add folders.

Alternatively, you can specify the environment variable "CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY" and start the GUI and manually configure auto-add folders and default library for each config_dir, then script it to start up and shutdown at regular intervals... but I prefer my method above.

Yep, there's lots of cool stuff you can do via the command-line, in the finest unix tradition you can do practically everything with fine-grained control using the cli.

For even more options, see: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gene...cli-index.html and the calibredb command particularly.

Welcome to MobileRead, and welcome to calibre.

12-02-2014, 09:19 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Auto-add is handled by the calibre GUI (like, the main program) not the server. If you want to run the GUI unattended in a scipted manner just to auto-add books, you can also simply use: Code: calibredb add --with-library=/path/to/library/ --recurse /path/to/scripted/add/folder/ Repeat as needed, with whatever combinations of libraries and add folders. Alternatively, you can specify the environment variable "CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY" and start the GUI and manually configure auto-add folders and default library for each config_dir, then script it to start up and shutdown at regular intervals... but I prefer my method above. Yep, there's lots of cool stuff you can do via the command-line, in the finest unix tradition you can do practically everything with fine-grained control using the cli. For even more options, see: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gene...cli-index.html and the calibredb command particularly. Welcome to MobileRead, and welcome to calibre.