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eschwartz · 09-25-2015, 05:49 PM

Exact error messages are actually important.

Do you by any chance mean something like this?:

Code:

Restoring database failed with error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/eschwartz/git/calibre/src/calibre/db/restore.py", line 125, in run
    self.replace_db()
  File "/home/eschwartz/git/calibre/src/calibre/db/restore.py", line 276, in replace_db
    shutil.copyfile(dbpath, save_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 82, in copyfile
    with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/tmp/fake-library/metadata.db'

The answer to that

is to `touch` the metadata.db first, since the file must exist even if it is completely scribbled over.

But if the file doesn't exist, then what was the first error message? calibre should never have opened, or should have recreated the database as empty.

09-25-2015, 05:49 PM	#5
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)	Exact error messages are actually important. Do you by any chance mean something like this?: Code: Restoring database failed with error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/eschwartz/git/calibre/src/calibre/db/restore.py", line 125, in run self.replace_db() File "/home/eschwartz/git/calibre/src/calibre/db/restore.py", line 276, in replace_db shutil.copyfile(dbpath, save_path) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 82, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/tmp/fake-library/metadata.db' The answer to that is to `touch` the metadata.db first, since the file must exist even if it is completely scribbled over. But if the file doesn't exist, then what was the first error message? calibre should never have opened, or should have recreated the database as empty. Last edited by eschwartz; 09-25-2015 at 05:52 PM.