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chaley · 12-23-2014, 05:42 AM

I found the problem. It is a years-old bug in calibre.

If:

the save template generates a path longer than allowed, and
the last segment of the path (the part after the last slash) contains a period such as an author with name "A. N. Author", and
the text after the last period was also longer than allowed

then calibre generates a file name consisting of a single letter. In your case the generated path is very long, has only one segment (no slashes) and (I assume) there is an author early in the list with a dot in his/her name, triggering the bug.

I have submitted a fix to Kovid. The fix might require some discussion, but I expect it to be in the next calibre release.

Thanks again for your help.

12-23-2014, 05:42 AM	#21
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,480 Karma: 8025702 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	I found the problem. It is a years-old bug in calibre. If: the save template generates a path longer than allowed, and the last segment of the path (the part after the last slash) contains a period such as an author with name "A. N. Author", and the text after the last period was also longer than allowed then calibre generates a file name consisting of a single letter. In your case the generated path is very long, has only one segment (no slashes) and (I assume) there is an author early in the list with a dot in his/her name, triggering the bug. I have submitted a fix to Kovid. The fix might require some discussion, but I expect it to be in the next calibre release. Thanks again for your help.