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kaito · 09-08-2018, 08:29 PM

Preferences->Adding Books->Automatic Adding

I leave calibre running 24/7.

I have set an "Automatic Adding" folder which works most of the time, but sometimes when I remotely copy an epub to this folder from across the network it never gets added. But as soon as I rename the epub (from across the network) it then gets added OR if I add another .epub file to the folder then both will be added. What would cause this?

There are times when it does import a single file from the folder, but other times when I need to do the rename. The filename doesn't matter since I try simple filenames like "1.epub" (and rename to 12.epub or 2.epub or anything else and then calibre seems to finally notice it and import it)

Does it relate to how long calibre has been idle? It only seems to happen after calibre has been up for a long time in the background. If I restart calibre it immediately imports any files from that folder, and also immediately imports any single files I add to that folder.

09-08-2018, 08:29 PM	#1
kaito Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 76234 Join Date: May 2013 Device: k3w, gloHD	Automatic adding folder sometimes fails to add Preferences->Adding Books->Automatic Adding I leave calibre running 24/7. I have set an "Automatic Adding" folder which works most of the time, but sometimes when I remotely copy an epub to this folder from across the network it never gets added. But as soon as I rename the epub (from across the network) it then gets added OR if I add another .epub file to the folder then both will be added. What would cause this? There are times when it does import a single file from the folder, but other times when I need to do the rename. The filename doesn't matter since I try simple filenames like "1.epub" (and rename to 12.epub or 2.epub or anything else and then calibre seems to finally notice it and import it) Does it relate to how long calibre has been idle? It only seems to happen after calibre has been up for a long time in the background. If I restart calibre it immediately imports any files from that folder, and also immediately imports any single files I add to that folder.