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mfaine1 · 11-29-2020, 09:10 PM

Yes, the copy of the book in the library. I didn't see anything specific but I'll keep looking. I did see this but I'm not really wanting to change the folder structure. Best I can tell there is no linkage to the filesystem in the database, maybe I'm wrong and I'll find out if I am. That's why you make backups

For anyone that comes to this after me, for now the easiest fix that I know is to create a shell script and run it with cron or as-needed. With the rename command this is trivial.

apt-get install rename

fix-ebook-filenames.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# Calibre won't write the directory names properly, this will correct the directory names

dir="$1"
shift

if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then
echo "A directory is required"
exit 1
fi

if [[ -d "$dir" ]]; then
cd "$dir" || exit 1
rename "$@" 's/_/\./' ./*
fi

--

Then you can run it with /path/to/fix-ebook-filenames.sh /path/to/library
Any additional command line options go to the rename command.

11-29-2020, 09:10 PM	#8
mfaine1 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Kindle	Yes, the copy of the book in the library. I didn't see anything specific but I'll keep looking. I did see this but I'm not really wanting to change the folder structure. Best I can tell there is no linkage to the filesystem in the database, maybe I'm wrong and I'll find out if I am. That's why you make backups For anyone that comes to this after me, for now the easiest fix that I know is to create a shell script and run it with cron or as-needed. With the rename command this is trivial. apt-get install rename fix-ebook-filenames.sh: #!/bin/bash # Calibre won't write the directory names properly, this will correct the directory names dir="$1" shift if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then echo "A directory is required" exit 1 fi if [[ -d "$dir" ]]; then cd "$dir" \|\| exit 1 rename "$@" 's/_/\./' ./* fi -- Then you can run it with /path/to/fix-ebook-filenames.sh /path/to/library Any additional command line options go to the rename command.