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wladdy · 03-11-2015, 11:16 AM

I have a bunch of ebooks stored in a structure of nested folders all going back up to a root folder.

How can I import the books into Calibre while keeping the information contained in the pathname from the root folder down to the file itself? For instance, is there a way to put the parent folder hierarchy into the Calibre 'Comments' field, just as easily and automatically as I can put the filename in the 'Title' field?

I realize that I could use a bulk renamer or write a shell script (I'm on Mac OS X), but any help to solve my problem without leaving Calibre would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! W.

03-11-2015, 11:16 AM	#1
wladdy Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: iPad / Kindle DX	Get metadata from parent folders I have a bunch of ebooks stored in a structure of nested folders all going back up to a root folder. How can I import the books into Calibre while keeping the information contained in the pathname from the root folder down to the file itself? For instance, is there a way to put the parent folder hierarchy into the Calibre 'Comments' field, just as easily and automatically as I can put the filename in the 'Title' field? I realize that I could use a bulk renamer or write a shell script (I'm on Mac OS X), but any help to solve my problem without leaving Calibre would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! W.