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grumbles · 12-27-2014, 02:40 PM

I am attempting to copy my Calibre library from Linux to Windows (XP in this case but the problem remains for any other version of Windows.) In theory all I have to do is copy the Calibre library but this won't work. Every time I try this I run into the path length error, even if the destination library name is a single character. This has been a bug in Windows forever, Microsoft calls it a limitation but if you can't copy a directory from on installation to another it is a bug. The bug is in explorer, the underlying NTFS file system accepts path lengths up to 32k.

Alternatively I can simply add the books to the library on Windows, but I need to also copy the dates the books were added. If I simply add the books I will lose this information as well as any metadata, I don't want to have to have to download it all again.

Any thoughts on how I can get the library over to Windows. And yes, I need to physically more the file, setting up a Calibre server would not be useful in my case.

12-27-2014, 02:40 PM	#1
grumbles Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Pandigital Novel (Black), T-2 and 3, Nexus 7	Copying Library to Windows from Linux (or other Windows installation) I am attempting to copy my Calibre library from Linux to Windows (XP in this case but the problem remains for any other version of Windows.) In theory all I have to do is copy the Calibre library but this won't work. Every time I try this I run into the path length error, even if the destination library name is a single character. This has been a bug in Windows forever, Microsoft calls it a limitation but if you can't copy a directory from on installation to another it is a bug. The bug is in explorer, the underlying NTFS file system accepts path lengths up to 32k. Alternatively I can simply add the books to the library on Windows, but I need to also copy the dates the books were added. If I simply add the books I will lose this information as well as any metadata, I don't want to have to have to download it all again. Any thoughts on how I can get the library over to Windows. And yes, I need to physically more the file, setting up a Calibre server would not be useful in my case.