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davidfor · 02-28-2020, 07:11 PM

Firstly, the formats_paths function returns exactly what it is supposed to. It returns a list of the full paths for each format for the book with the format as a prefix. When using the Template editor, you can see the definition of each function by selecting the function lower half of the editor.

As to your template, I think you are after the name of the directory that holds the book. The following will do this:

Code:

{:'re(formats_paths(),".*\\([^\\]*?)\\[^\\]*?$","\1")'}

The only problem with this is if there are no formats for the book.

If you need to do this on a non-Windows box, the path separator will need to be changed.

02-28-2020, 07:11 PM	#3
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Firstly, the formats_paths function returns exactly what it is supposed to. It returns a list of the full paths for each format for the book with the format as a prefix. When using the Template editor, you can see the definition of each function by selecting the function lower half of the editor. As to your template, I think you are after the name of the directory that holds the book. The following will do this: Code: {:'re(formats_paths(),".\\([^\\]?)\\[^\\]*?$","\1")'} The only problem with this is if there are no formats for the book. If you need to do this on a non-Windows box, the path separator will need to be changed.