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Originally Posted by goldilocks
BR,
Yes, I know and that is why I tried to point out a different, possible scenario.
But, even with Calibre closed, I would think it would be dangerous to have 2 other programs (Dropbox/Android)? accessing its' data at the same time.
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goldilocks - Accessing a calibre library (i.e. the folders and files)
directly from an android device via an android file manager app (eg ES File Manager) is intrinsically no different to accessing a calibre library from a local file manager - files can be
moved from one place to another, after which they will not be where they were.
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Originally Posted by goldilocks
I don't know much about Ubuntu nor about using Android. But I think the last quote is supposed to be a compliment...so, thank-you.
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It was - meant as compliment with a twist
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
On Windows, it would actually be bad for both calibre and another program to access the same file even for read-only purposes.
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Why, I do it all the time, I often have an epub open in calibre viewer whilst editing it Sigil. Granted, I don't do anything in the viewer that would cause it to write to the epub, and I don't expect the viewer to reflect the changes I make in Sigil in real time.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Hopefully Android isn't actually modifying or deleting files on another computer it is accessing.  |
It wouldn't be Android itself doing it - it would be a file manager app such as ES File Mangler
We should probably shut up now, and wait for the OP to respond
BR