Thread: Managing several libraries (local, Dropbox'ed, on NAS)
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Old 11-15-2017, 02:23 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by FlyGoneCrazy View Post
Do I understand correct that all libraries in such case are located in the same place, e.g. local drive. That means that I'll be unable to leave two of them on local drive, and one that is huge (pdf) to split (db on local, books on NAS) through environment variables?

Thanks!
@FlyGoneCrazy - on a server, you could use symlinks instead. The metadata.db file in the server located library would be a symlink to a calibre database stored in a local shared directory.

Not sure if that's doable on a NAS, I have a feeling it may work on some and not others.

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