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BetterRed · 05-26-2020, 07:58 AM

After

I am not at my calibre PC so I cant do any screen shots

I created an fresh library called 'ΩLast'

Using the Add Empty book option, I added a book with Author 'Better Red' and Title "Book One', I checked the create EPUB option.

Then I F2'd the Author cell and pasted the 'Ω' at the front of the Author cell and pressed Enter, the error "Failed to set data: blah-blah" popped, but when I dismissed it I had 'ΩBetter Red' in the Author cell.

When I opened the Book folder I noticed the epub file was a hardlink (I have a utility that puts a red overlay glyph on hardlinked files). Then i discovered I had 'Better Red' and 'OBetter Red" Author folders (the 'O' being the Latinised Ω), and there was a 'Book One (1)' folder in both Author folders and in the two book folders there was a hardlink to the epub file, viz:

Code:

ΩLast
    Better Red
        Book One (1)
            Book One - Better Red.epub (hardlink)
    OBetter Red
        Book One (1)
            Book One - OBetter Red.epub (hardlink)

So I did as KG asked and repeated it in a calibre --ignore plugins instance, and I didn't get an error.

The only plugin that looked like it might do anything on an author name change was GFN, so I moved it out of the plugins folder and tried again - and there was no error.

Hope that helps.

Take care

BR

05-26-2020, 07:58 AM	#304
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,817 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	After I am not at my calibre PC so I cant do any screen shots I created an fresh library called 'ΩLast' Using the Add Empty book option, I added a book with Author 'Better Red' and Title "Book One', I checked the create EPUB option. Then I F2'd the Author cell and pasted the 'Ω' at the front of the Author cell and pressed Enter, the error "Failed to set data: blah-blah" popped, but when I dismissed it I had 'ΩBetter Red' in the Author cell. When I opened the Book folder I noticed the epub file was a hardlink (I have a utility that puts a red overlay glyph on hardlinked files). Then i discovered I had 'Better Red' and 'OBetter Red" Author folders (the 'O' being the Latinised Ω), and there was a 'Book One (1)' folder in both Author folders and in the two book folders there was a hardlink to the epub file, viz: Code: ΩLast Better Red Book One (1) Book One - Better Red.epub (hardlink) OBetter Red Book One (1) Book One - OBetter Red.epub (hardlink) So I did as KG asked and repeated it in a calibre --ignore plugins instance, and I didn't get an error. The only plugin that looked like it might do anything on an author name change was GFN, so I moved it out of the plugins folder and tried again - and there was no error. Hope that helps. Take care BR Last edited by BetterRed; 05-26-2020 at 08:00 AM.