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sjfan · 01-20-2018, 08:52 AM

I do the opposite, I let calibre maintain the files internally and create an external shadow tree of symlinks pointed into the calibre directory in the layout I prefer. That’s a little safer if you might want to move your outside tree onto a network drive or something like that.

01-20-2018, 08:52 AM	#9
sjfan Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 7724454 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bethesda, MD, USA Device: Kobo Aura H20, Kobo Clara HD	I do the opposite, I let calibre maintain the files internally and create an external shadow tree of symlinks pointed into the calibre directory in the layout I prefer. That’s a little safer if you might want to move your outside tree onto a network drive or something like that.