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Folder Names
Hello all,
There have been numerous questions over the years about how to change the naming convention on the folders in the Calibre Library so that the Author's last name would appear first. Most of the replies have assumed that the questions were related to "changing the folder structure". No one has really addressed, or provided a solution to, the question of how to get the folders to be named "LastName, FirstName".
Various responders have made comments like "Why do you care about the folder structure since Calibre handles all of that".
Since folder naming and folder structure are not the same thing the questions is: Why would someone care about the naming convention?
The answer, for me, is as follows:
- I store my library in Dropbox. I access it from a number of devices. Since there is no version of Calibre for the iPad, I need to find an epub in Dropbox and "open it in" my epub reader.
- I have over 2000 books in my library and, frankly, I don't remember the first names of all the authors. This makes it next to impossible for me to locate any particular book.
- This would be less of a problem if the folders were named Last,First because then they would sort by something that I am more likely to remember.
So I ask those of you who are Calibre experts again:
- What configuration change is necessary to force the folders to be named Last,First?
- What procedure can I follow to get the existing folders renamed Last,First?
Thank you
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