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hank · 06-19-2015, 06:45 PM

> 'size:=0K and formats:epub' should find them
Is that definitely the case, that search _should_ work? (under Mac OSX).
Because if that's broken somehow, I don't know what else I should mistrust about files.

Fix file size finds there are no file size problems.
Mac OS also sees these as zero size files.
(TextEdit sees them as blank pages too)

These did have measured file size info before I converted to get the .pdb files
I do suspect something during conversion trashed them.
Trying to open them with Mac OS 'get info' also shows zero size.

But I really don't need these .epub files now.
The .pdb files created from them do work fine and haven't lost any text.

And whatever the problem was that got the zero size files hasn't continued to happen. These are many months old.

I'd be happy to throw away the zero size .epub files.

Can I do that without opening all of several hundred book folders to find them and then closing the folder and using the "remove format" option one folder at a time.
What's the best way to do that?

How about using OSX to remove the zero size .epub files, then rebuilding the library, as suggested in the first response above?

06-19-2015, 06:45 PM	#7
hank Dinosaur Posts: 107 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2004 Device: Clie TH55, SJ30, VisorEdge, Palm3xe	> 'size:=0K and formats:epub' should find them Is that definitely the case, that search _should_ work? (under Mac OSX). Because if that's broken somehow, I don't know what else I should mistrust about files. Fix file size finds there are no file size problems. Mac OS also sees these as zero size files. (TextEdit sees them as blank pages too) These did have measured file size info before I converted to get the .pdb files I do suspect something during conversion trashed them. Trying to open them with Mac OS 'get info' also shows zero size. But I really don't need these .epub files now. The .pdb files created from them do work fine and haven't lost any text. And whatever the problem was that got the zero size files hasn't continued to happen. These are many months old. I'd be happy to throw away the zero size .epub files. Can I do that without opening all of several hundred book folders to find them and then closing the folder and using the "remove format" option one folder at a time. What's the best way to do that? How about using OSX to remove the zero size .epub files, then rebuilding the library, as suggested in the first response above? Last edited by hank; 06-19-2015 at 07:00 PM.