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Originally Posted by hotwired
But I just ran the "check library" feature. "Mark all for fix" wouldn't do anything so I marked all for deletion and it did what was promised. Wiped out my entire library.
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You told the Ceck library feature of calibre to delete all items in your library folder that were not listed in your library's database. It did as expected. The only books / files in that folder should have been already added to your library database. This feature allows you to ensure your library matches the files in the folder.
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Originally Posted by hotwired
For whatever reason this plugin doesn't even come close to doing ANYTHING that I've seen it described as doing.
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The Find duplicates plugin finds duplicates in your calibre library database not in the folder structure. Check library feature is a feature of calibre not part of a plugin.
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Originally Posted by hotwired
Very strange. I know it's partly me doing the old fashioned thing (physically placing books in the folder that is my library).
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Partly you is an understatement. Storing files in your calibre library folder can lead to exactly what you discovered.
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Originally Posted by hotwired
This is how I learned so it's tough for me to move over to the "database" way of thinking. I'll just restore from backup, then literally, click on every folder (4,000 +) and delete the extras unless I find something else that works.
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Once you have your calibre library is restored you can create a new (empty) library then use the Copy to library feature to move all of your books to a new library. Once all your books are moved whatever is in the previous folder structure are files that were not part of your calibre library database.