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Originally Posted by Tech Guy
I use Calibre with Linux (Ubuntu, and Mint). Often, my books end up with a forward slash as the first letter of the book's name - not in the metadata, but in exported books.
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Has anyone had this problem? If so, did you solve it?
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I have been using Calibre on Mint Linux for years and exported thousands of books. I haven't seen such problem.
Please explain where the forward slash '/' is. Is it in the filename or in Metadata of an exported book?
How do you 'export' the book. Do you use "save to disk" function? Do you use "send to device"?
Please check template in the "Saving books to disk". This is an example of working template for filenames:
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{author_sort:.1}/{authors}/{series:|# |}/{series_index:0>3s|| - }{title} - {authors}/{series_index:0>3s|| - }{title} - {authors}
Please check Metadata plugboards if you do not have some template set up here.
If that doesn't work, can you upload an example of such file for me to check and send me PM with the address? I will try to import the file into my instance of Calibre and see whether I can reproduce the problem with your book.
It is possible to create filename beginning with a forward slash or containing other funky characters on Linux. Not even difficult. It is just very strongly discouraged - so very few Unix/Linux manuals write about how to do it.