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Hiryu · 01-18-2016, 05:41 PM

Hi -- I'm trying to migrate my Calibre setup to a new windows machine (it was on a mac before).

The installed GUI version is fine, and the Content Server is running great. On the mac, I was able to run a separate server looking at a separate library through the CLI. I tried to recreate that in Windows and am having issues

cd program files\Calibre2

calibre-server.exe -p 2500 --with-library "E:\Calibre Book Library"

I entered the above into the command prompt, and it seems to execute and just hang there. I checked with my iphone app to connect to the server and cannot.

It's been a while since I've used calibre and am coming back to it now, am I missing something here?

Secondarily, I used to apply this:

calibredb.exe add --with-library="E:\Calibre Book Library" --recurse C:\Users\HX\Dropbox\Books rm -r C:\Users\HX\Dropbox\Books*

So that I can add books into a Dropbox folder and it will be uploaded to the calibre server. Obviously that's not working either -- if anyone can help me figure out how to get the server up and running and applying the calibredb command, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Not sure if syntax is different on Windows.

BTW, running on a Windows 8.1 machine that's going to be the server. Thanks.

01-18-2016, 05:41 PM	#1
Hiryu Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: iOS	Issues migrating Calibre server to windows Hi -- I'm trying to migrate my Calibre setup to a new windows machine (it was on a mac before). The installed GUI version is fine, and the Content Server is running great. On the mac, I was able to run a separate server looking at a separate library through the CLI. I tried to recreate that in Windows and am having issues cd program files\Calibre2 calibre-server.exe -p 2500 --with-library "E:\Calibre Book Library" I entered the above into the command prompt, and it seems to execute and just hang there. I checked with my iphone app to connect to the server and cannot. It's been a while since I've used calibre and am coming back to it now, am I missing something here? Secondarily, I used to apply this: calibredb.exe add --with-library="E:\Calibre Book Library" --recurse C:\Users\HX\Dropbox\Books rm -r C:\Users\HX\Dropbox\Books* So that I can add books into a Dropbox folder and it will be uploaded to the calibre server. Obviously that's not working either -- if anyone can help me figure out how to get the server up and running and applying the calibredb command, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Not sure if syntax is different on Windows. BTW, running on a Windows 8.1 machine that's going to be the server. Thanks.