Directory mixup
This is still regarding my progress setting up CC on my Alcatel A30 SD card.
I have been transferring files to the device via USB. Before starting the USB transfers, I had directed CC to use the \CC directory on my SD card, which it has been doing. It sees only the files in that directory, which is its default.
Calibre sees the device and writes to Card A, which is correct; however, it is writing to a different directory, called Books. I had assumed it would find the CC directory which was set up on the SD card, but it does not. Or I should say, it sees it but does not write to it.
So Calibre sees the books in \Books and in \CC (which are both subdirectories of the root), but it writes only to \Books. CC sees only the books in \CC.
I have tried changing CC's default folder from \CC to \Books but it does not seem to want to let me do that. I can select the directory but then I just get a blank black screen. Or occasionally an hourglass with the message "Couldn't query documents."
I could wipe everything out, reinstall CC and start over but that would be a pain. Alternatively, I could uninstall CC, transfer all the files manually from \CC to \Books, and then reinstall and select the \Books folder. Presumably Calibre would still see the files, since it sees both directories.
Alternatively, I could move all the files manually from \Books to \CC, but would CC then pick them up ? And that still wouldn't resolve the question of how to tell Calibre which directory to write to in future.
Any advice as to what approach is recommended would be appreciated.
thanks
Charles
Last edited by cns1000; 09-19-2020 at 12:04 PM.
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