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Originally Posted by obieephyhm
I look into folders for a variety of reasons . . . avoid unnecessary duplications, backups, sorting/organizing to name a few. I generally don't like 'blackbox' situations where I am supposed to be content with 'some magic happens here' . . . I think I should be able to find what I'm looking for and expect to have software I use handle things in (more or less) an intuitive manner.
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I don't hold with the black box model either
But one needs to recognise that calibre is a database application. For reasons of efficiency and performance it uses the file system to avoid overloading the database with a BLOB for every format and cover image. This enables it to load a library database into memory, which is how it gets its search and sort performance. As a consequence the names of library sub-folders and files must be kept in strict synchronicity with the database.
So my rule is look but don't touch, i.e. no additions, deletions or name changes to the folders and files in a calibre library folder.
BR