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Originally Posted by pleiadesc
Hi Adoby, if the problem is case sensitivity, would it be technically possible to force calibre into using a windows or linux case? maybe an option to force everything in the library to use small letters and use up to a certain character count, so you wont have to worry where to use it.
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Anything is technically possible. But is it practical?
It might be possible to add some form of file/folder name normalization to calibre. So only a common subset of characters are used for all file and folder names. For instance only lower case ASCII up to 127. But it might cause problems with existing libraries. I don't know. And there may be other issues as Kovid suggests. For instance allowed (combined) length of paths and file names differ a lot. Could perhaps also be normalized?
Is it technically possible for you to stop using calibre in Windows with the library on a NAS with a Linux filesystem? That is all you have to do.
Method 1.
Have the library on your Windows PC. Use the NAS only for backups.
Method 2.
Have the library on the NAS. Access it from a Linux install on your PC using NFS. Either a virtual machine or dual boot.
Method 3.
Stop using Windows. Use only Linux and NFS.
I used method 3 and like it! many other benefits as well...