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TreeFrogBandit · 02-28-2020, 10:05 AM

I'm experimenting with custom columns, and I'd like to add one with the file path in it. The problem is that the formats_paths function gives me a list which is far too long.

First I get the formats information (which I don't need) and then I get the full path of each version of the file - when actually what I'm looking for is the element of the path that is unique to each book (i.e. the file path for a the folder the files are in, without the preceding information about where the library is)

For example, at the moment I would get something like:

"EPUB: C:\calibre library location which is a very long string\then the specific library that calibre is looking at\and finally the interesting bit\title.epub,ORIGINAL_EPUB: C:\calibre library location which is a very long string\then the specific library that calibre is looking at\and finally the interesting bit\title.original_epub" etc. etc

What I'd like to do is get something like:

"...\and finally the interesting bit\"

Sorry if this is difficult to follow, can anybody help me? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's wanted to do this...

Thanks!

02-28-2020, 10:05 AM	#1
TreeFrogBandit Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2020 Device: none	Custom column to show a truncated file path I'm experimenting with custom columns, and I'd like to add one with the file path in it. The problem is that the formats_paths function gives me a list which is far too long. First I get the formats information (which I don't need) and then I get the full path of each version of the file - when actually what I'm looking for is the element of the path that is unique to each book (i.e. the file path for a the folder the files are in, without the preceding information about where the library is) For example, at the moment I would get something like: "EPUB: C:\calibre library location which is a very long string\then the specific library that calibre is looking at\and finally the interesting bit\title.epub,ORIGINAL_EPUB: C:\calibre library location which is a very long string\then the specific library that calibre is looking at\and finally the interesting bit\title.original_epub" etc. etc What I'd like to do is get something like: "...\and finally the interesting bit\" Sorry if this is difficult to follow, can anybody help me? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's wanted to do this... Thanks!