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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
If you want to auto add books use Preferences->Adding Books->Auto add from folder
If you want to add books via script, use
calibredb add
*Do not* ever copy files into the calibre library folder and try to use check/restore library to add them.
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Originally Posted by umbighouse
How often is the folder checked to Auto Add new items?
Does "calibredb add" simply scan for new items and add them?
Thanks.
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umbighouse - When a file arrives in my auto-add folder and calibre is running, the file is 'added' to the currently open library and removed from the auto-add folder more or less immediately - i.e. in the blink of an eye. If calibre is not running the contents of the auto-add folder are dealt with the next time calibre starts.
I don't know (or care) if calibre 'polls' the folder or uses the equivalent of inotify - but I suspect it maybe the latter.
The downside of using Auto-add is if you have the wrong library open when the file arrives in the auto-add folder then the file will be added to the wrong library.
A 'nice-to-have' refinement would be to have an option to give each library a dedicated auto-add folder (probably with a fixed name) - eg "MyLibrary/$$Autoadd".
BR