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Originally Posted by Kasrielle
I have copies/backups of all my media files, including all my books. But I thought the only way to back up calibre inself was through export, as it creates all those data files that are around a gig in size. How would you replace your library using only the book files without having to replace each one individually?
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You replace LIBRARIES, just by dropping the backup of the ENTIRE folder into place. Remember
Metadata.db (entries) matches up with the folders because they were made at the same time. This is why you never make changes using the OS. The magic entry no longer matches the folder or files name.
You also need to make a backup of your config folder. Export/Import jus mad a neat package of EVERYTHING Calibre
knows about YOUR setup (you may have multiple Libraries configured).
Maybe we need a PAR2 (Parchive) option the the Export-Import.